Dogs & Their Humans

Ellen Leigh, Kayla Tynes, Rumming Dai, Emily Dickoff (and Ricky, the service dog)

Writes Professor Norrie Epstein:

Ellen and Ricky visited my class “Dogs and Their Humans”  on April 9th. Ellen explained the logistics of training and maintaining a service dog while Ricky demonstrated how he tends to Ellen: helping her take off her coat, picking up a quarter off the floor, bringing her food.

But more important, their teamwork and devotion to each other illustrate the deep nature of  the dog /human bond far better than any textbook. Ricky’s devotion to Ellen pervades everything  he does.

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