This article is all about service dogs being trained to live with disabled children. This Agency is called 4 Paws for Ability and located in Xenia, Ohio. One of the dogs that they talked about in a video in the New York Times website's name was Wisdom and he is in training in being a service dog (a dog that's trained to help a disabled child). At the 4 Paws for Ability Agency, there are about 200 dogs like Wisdom. These dogs learned how to open doors, turn on lights, how to alert to seizures and a lot more. These dogs were supplied for children with down syndrome or autism and more disabilities. Most of the dogs were Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers. There has been a 90% success with this whole arrangement of giving dogs to disabled children with this agency.
I personally think that this is a great idea. Dogs are already very useful for blind adults to help then around on the outside world and in their houses, why not make disabled children happy and give them a dog. The children aren't only going to have fun with the dogs, but the dogs help then stay safe, help them to open doors and help them turn the lights on. The dogs will make life easier for the children and for the parents of the children. Also, according to the 90% success rate, not much can go wrong.
Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/wonder-dog.html?_r=1#comments
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