How Therapy Dogs Are Changing Lives For The Better

Caleb’s First Meeting

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Caleb may not have been out of the woods with his brain injury, but Colonel has helped speed up the healing process. Caleb played fetch with the pooch (though his parents needed to lift his arm and throw the ball for him because he didn’t have full control). Caleb was slowly beginning to regain control of his motor skills. His father claimed that when he reached out to pet the pup for the first time, it was the most responsive he had ever been.

“Every time he would see Colonel, he was more alert and there was a little step in his awareness and he would forget what was normal, and he would usually do just a little bit more than what he had already been doing,” said his mother.