{"id":19182,"date":"2021-11-30T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2021-11-30T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:37:10","slug":"i-can-go-anywhere-how-service-dogs-help-veterans-with-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19182","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Can Go Anywhere\u2019: How Service Dogs Help Veterans With PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Stephanie O’Neill for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

It was supper time in the Whittier, California, home of Air Force veteran Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez, and eagerly awaiting a bowl of kibble and canned dog food was Lisa, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever.<\/p>\n

Her nails clicking on the kitchen floor as she danced about, Lisa looked more like an exuberant puppy than the highly trained service animal that helps Clark-Gutierrez manage the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving her now, it\u2019s like I can go anywhere,\u201d Clark-Gutierrez said. \u201cAnd, yes, if somebody did come at me, I\u2019d have warning \u2014 I could run.\u201d\u00a0 Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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