Service Dogs: Building Independence w/ St Francis

Saint Francis Service Dog Foundation is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) community based corporation dedicated to increasing the independence of persons with disabilities through the use of service dogs. Service dogs trained at the Roanoke, VA training center are placed throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. In contrast to leader dogs for the blind, service dogs are specially trained to help people with severe ambulatory and other physical disabilities. They may be trained to perform over 100 different tasks such as opening and closing doors, retrieving dropped objects, pulling wheelchairs, turning lights on or off, and obtaining food from the refrigerator. St. Francis of Assisi on the web: http://www.saintfrancisdogs.org/

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