Pictures of Our Teams

Bev and Chopper

This is Beverly Durham and Chopper (a 2-year-old Australian Shepherd). Pets and People provided Chopper for Bev as a Mobility Assistance Dog to assist her because of disabilities brought on by Multiple Sclerosis.Some of the things he does for her include:

• Pulling her wheelchair
• Picking up dropped items
• Turning on & off lights [when he learns that it is O.K. to put his feet on the wall]
• Getting cordless phone when Bev falls
• Waking her when the alarm goes off!!

Shiela and Reilly

Pets and People provided Reilly, a yellow lab, to Shiela Brock of Texas.
Shiela and Reilly	Shiela and Reilly with Kennel Manager Sara Morrow and Executive Director Pat Gonser

Kathie Mutchler, from Wisconsin, asked for a dog to help with her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and we agreed. Kathie especially wanted a Golden Retriever, so our Executive Director, Pat, got on the Internet and found one. Administrative Director Mary Johnson flew to Portland, Oregon to get Dixie and bring her back to Mississippi for training. Finally, Mary flew with Dixie to her new home near Madison, Wisconsin in October of 1998.

Dixie with AD Mary Johnson	Dixie in Harness, Ready to Go!

Violet was an exception to our usual policy of not accepting dogs for training until we had a client. She came to us as a pup, donated by a breeder. Miss Carolyn has a psychiatric disability; Violet has been trained to help mitigate that disability and they became a team in Summer, 2000.

Administrative Director Mary Johnson has problems with balance and even with walking as a result of viral encephalitis. Patty & John Martin donated Aridawn's Micael Jordan, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, to become Mary's service dog.

Mary and Michael	At work at the university

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