Posted on 12/03/2018 3:18:43 AM PST by SMGFan
A photo of George HW Bush's service dog lying downbeat besides the casket of his old master on Sunday has spread across social media, causing an outpouring of emotion.
Bush's son Jeb, Governor of Florida, retweeted the photo, with the simple words: "Sully has the watch."
Abigail Ogle, KOCO News anchor, tweeted: "Sully, the service dog of President George H.W. Bush, keeping watch over his best friend. Rest In Peace, 41. Good boy, Sully."
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Her dog somehow knows half an hour in advance when something is about to happen, and notifies her that she needs to stop and rest and take meds.
I have seen this take place many times and the dog is always right.
That's not just a service dog. That's a lifesaving dog.
The reg that is ignored by many states the animal is required to perform as task such as the one in the article.Task like answer the door phone open doors and so on.
Just sitting in your lap dont cut it.
BTTT!
Like little John-John saluting. Neither one really understood what was going on.
Its sad when you stop to think about how much we owe our dogs and how they bring joy to our lives and make them easier to bear.
I can’t believe some of the Negative postings about Dogs that I read here this morning. It reinforces my feelings that Dogs are Superior to Humans...
There’s a reason Dog is spelled God in reverse.
Not discounting what Service dogs do for those in need but this... this is a staged photo IMO.
There’s a reason Dog is spelled God in reverse.—AMEN
The press loves him suddenly and they are working this. He announced he voted for Hillary the pro abortionist.so he gets the royal treatment. Wonder how he’s doing now.
I talked to a lady the other day whose granddaughter is a Type I diabetic.
What shocked me is how few people seem to understand what a service dog really is and how one should behave around the animal. When her granddaughter was in high school, she finally had to stop taking the dog to school with her because of the behavior of some of the other students, apparently ignored by the teachers and administration.
What was amazing is that on several occasions, the girl was at school and the dog at home; the dog alerted the girl’s mom that her daughter’s blood sugar might be dropping. The mom contacted her daughter who checked her blood and, sure enough, it was going down. The dog starts behaving in a particular way when she senses her owner’s blood sugar going down. It can also bring her the meter used to check the blood.
I always thought that dogs like that can smell changes in someone’s blood chemistry. How this dog could do that from a mile away I can’t explain.
At least Bush’s dog has a “service dog” vest on. A regular at my favorite coffee shop started bringing his dog to breakfast recently. His Labradoodle is the sweetest dog ever — quiet, calm, and friendly. Dog sit still quietly at his owner’s feet. The owner explained to me last week it is his service dog (no vest) and the dog provides stability and support when he walks. That was the first I had heard of that role, but it sounds really helpful as you age.
My epileptic family member has a service dog. In his case the dog smells the scent before the seizure and alerts others. They are working with the dog to learn to turn him on his side and hit a 911 call button so he can one day live independently. Their sense of smell is amazing. They are trained by using scent swabs from people who just had a seizure.
Difference between service animal and an emotional support animal.
So what is wrong with the dog resting by his owner’s body?
I love dogs. They are better than most people. They are loyal and don’t curse.
I can see how a service dog could be really helpful to an elderly person, especially a very frail elderly person.
Besides opening doors and fetching the phone, such a dog could alert caregivers if the elderly individual falls or gets into some sort of distress.
I deal with older people on a daily basis. Most who have dogs have undisciplined, ill-mannered, overprotective little ankle biters who won’t shut up barking and/or literally try to bite anyone touching the owner. If, that is, the dog is not so grossly overweight from being overfed that it can barely move.
I’ve come very close to being bitten several times despite being cautious. Once I nearly got my hand bitten by a toy poodle. That sounds like a joke but if it had bitten my right hand and broken the skin it would have probably put me out of work for several days. I was not amused. I was less amused by the owner who told me three (3) times before that happened that the dog would not bite me.
My own parents, now both deceased, had a similar nasty little beast. I cannot tell you the depths to which that animal was despised by the rest of the family.
I suspect that one reason few elderly people have service dogs is that they tend to treat their dogs like stuffed animals rather than real animals which need ongoing training and discipline (as I once read a trainer describe). Service dogs are trained to be non-agressive even when provoked, but the training does have to be maintained.
Jeb's the governor of Florida?
This writer qualifies for a job with the Daily Mail.
And dogs don’t gossip.
Giving him up so he can help others.
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