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16th November 2020

A dog blog – from Beau!

Hello, my name is Beau I am a Labrador cross puppy. I am here to support my Veteran who has PTSD, we have been together for a whole month! I live and work with him 24/7 and I am enjoying being out and...

- Increase in patience, impulse control, emotional regulation
- Improved ability to display affect, decrease in emotional numbness
- Improved sleep
- Decreased depression, increase in positive sense of purpose
- Decrease in startle responses
- Reduce anxiety & lower blood pressure
- Decrease in pain medications
- Increased sense of belonging/acceptance
- Lowered stress levels, increased sense of calm

From Service Dog Training Program for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress in Service Members - Yount, Olmert, Lee published: US Army Medical Department Journal 2012

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A dog blog – from Beau!

The difference dogs make

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