Dr. Bonita Bergin — who in 1975 invented
the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations, at which point she founded Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the first non-profit organization to train and place service dogs — discusses where and how she got the inspiration for the service dog idea, including that, at this point, she had no background with dogs and how most friends and colleagues initially made it clear they thought this was a nutty notion.
Not exact matches
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Our open -
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After that, it wasn't until the 1970s that the
concept of animal rights even existed, and not until the 1990s that
service dogs were recognized and finally allowed, by Federal law, into places where
dogs were normally prohibited.
She launched JLAD in 2004 after attending the Assistance
Dog Institute's (ADI)
Service Dog Instructor Training Course in Santa Rosa, California, led by Dr. Bonnie Bergen (inventor
of the
Service Dog concept).
While most firms pay lip
service to the
concept, Howell writes, many remain «machinelike organizations that grind billables out
of associates like Oscar Mayer grinds meat into hot
dogs.»