Canine Companions Help Those in Need

One of the many reasons I have dogs in my house as they are my ears. Being hard of hearing makes me more aware of my surroundings. When I am asleep I don't wear my hearing aid I can hear the dogs barks. If a person were to talk to me in my sleep I wouldn't hear them but hear my dogs bark.

I know, in the future I will need some kind assistant through a dog to hear for me. Dogs use to be for the blind. You will find many working dogs for all sorts of reasons.

You never know, one day you need one of these companions to help you.

What would we do without these wonderful animals!!!???

i see these canine companions working frequently where i work. they are wonderful for socialization as well as the physical assist they can give

A wonderful program helping people and pets.

This is a wonderful thing. To give a person independance again is a great gift!

I love that animals can really help the world.

dogs are so great and helpful. this is a great little story to remind me of that.

Canine Companions for Independence is such a blessing to me. They gave me my current service dog, Jen II, and we graduated February 16, 2008. We just retested today and are now officially a Public Certified Service Team! I can't wait to take Jen to school with me so that my classmates can see Jen in action and learn all about CCI and the services they provide for people like me.

I think the dedicated people who train dogs to be service dogs are very commendable. This is a service that is needed and if more dogs were available, more people would be able to live independently

It is really wonderful that these dogs are able to assist these individuals. Great program!

This is a wonderul program. Cudos to the people who have the patience to train these outstanding animals. Animals can provide so much care and love to a person.

What a great program.

great program......win/win

This is agreat program. Do many people can be helped with these dogs. Wonderful. Good for the dog and the human.

Great organization! Loved this story.

Sweet

Very touching and much needed program!

There are so many people who can benefit from the help of an animal (emotionally and physically). Programs such as these are SO great.

wow

I absolutely love this story-and it is so true.

I love this story

It warms my heart when I see people with disabilities using service dogs so that
they can go out and enjoy the rest of the world. Wonderful story.

I'm thrilled that this organization exists. What a great situation.

What an organization!!

Great program.

CCI is such a WONDERFUL organization that I've had the pleasure of volunteering for for the last 9 months. Seeing these dogs go from puppies to highly trained assistance dogs is so gratifying! I am someone with a disability who has the ablity to do things that many others don't, so by working with this organization brings such joy. You can find out about different fundraising events (where you will see many pups in training) by going to the website in the video.

this is a great program and these dogs are real heros to their owners.

What a wonderful enlightening story-I so enjoyed watching this-these are some incredible animals to say the least.

What a nice story. We need more of these to help balance out all the negative ones.

These dogs are so cool. I think it's great that people train these dogs to help others that need it. It also serves a pal/ companion?

Wow! Thanks, Zootoo, for letting us know of this opportunity!

What a good story and I have seen a few assistance dogs and they are invaluable to their owners.

I will keep this in mind...Right now I do not know anyone, but life works in puzzling ways...

Great for everyone

that is great for people who cant afford it

Great program.

Three cheers to those who spend the time to train these animals!

One of our friends has MS and just got a therapy dog. She has much more independence now.

Companion dogs are so wonderful and helpful.

Companion dogs are so helpful. Thanks for all you do!

Dogs can be so helpful and wonderful companions.

Very nice story

These guys are great. God bless these friends.

It is a very hard job to train these work dogs, thank you trainers God BLess!!

these animals are so smart and loving.. they can do so much good.

What a blessing these animals are. And what a blessing are the people who train these animals. Amazing.

thank you to the trainers I know how much work is put into training a work dog. Again thanks...

animals are so smart and the instincts are amazing. these are great working dogs

Great story. Animals can make people smile and help turn their life around!

Excellent story. I could ahve used canne companion when I had cancer. I hope many people benefit from this program.