4 Paws For Ability - Karen Shirk's Story Part 2 of 2

In 1987 I was a young person, going to school to become a social worker and taking life lightly. In addition to my full class schedule, I worked full time in the field of mental retardation. Like most college students, I existed on little sleep and was always tired. Looking back on that time, it is easy for me to see the progression of the disease, but at the time I shrugged off the symptoms blaming them on my full schedule. All of that changed when difficulty breathing became respiratory arrest. From that day forward I began a life journey far different that the one I envisioned in those early years.
4 Paws For Ability TM™, Inc. a non-profit agency taking the 'dis' out of disABILITY! ™
253 Dayton Ave. Xenia, Ohio 45385
Training center phone: 937-374- 0385
Cell phone number: 513-518-0529
Email: karen4paws@aol.com
Web site: http://www.4pawsforability.org

Category:

Pets & Animals

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• Paws
• For
• Ability
• Service
• Assistance
• Dogs

[SimplyCrisis11]

This is why I love animals, not only are they awesome but treat them right and they'll look after you.

[vampiricconure]

I'm hoping to train my own diabetic alert dog. Wish me luck, LOL! I don't know how people live without their working companions some days!

[KimAndSophie]

I think this is great! I have a guide dog from a school, and she is wonderful, but I'm getting a new puppy on Nov. 7th to train as my new guide/service dog to be ready when my current dog retires. No school will train a dog to be both a service and guie dog unless I use a power wheelchair instead of a manual and loose the strength and independance I've worked so hard to get!