By Bob Bunger | Project Leader
More than 200 assistance dogs have been placed in 2014 by Canine Companions for Independence, putting us on track to exceed this year's goal of placing 241 assistance dogs. Our Service, Skilled Companion, Facility and Hearing dogs are making a difference in the lives of adults, including Veterans, and children. All Canine Companions assistance dogs continue to be placed free of charge to our graduates.
All five regional centers of Canine Companions will hold at least one more Team Training class, where students come to a campus to be paired with an assistance dog. At our Headquarters and Northwest Center in Santa Rosa, California, there will be two Team Trainings -- a Hearing Dog class that begins in late September, plus the November class.
There are more than 1,900 active graduate teams today, and in our organization's history, more than 4,500 assistance dogs have been placed.
The donations that are made help graduates like Stefanie who told us "After my injury, I felt like a burden to everyone. Now I have a service dog to help me take on the world. I don't feel that weight of a disability holding me back anymore."
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