Home >> Recreation >> Pets >> Animal Assisted Therapy >> Crisis Support Healing Ways of Doctor Dog Some 100 therapy dogs - Labs, mutts, a borzoi, a basset hound - and three cats worked the family center at Pier 94 following the Twin Towers attack. Other dogs helped the Red Cross to comfort firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers at ground zero. [May not work for all browsers.] [New York Times] Therapy Dogs Help Relieve Stress for Families, Staff, Volunteers Animals provided comfort at a crisis center near the Pentagon following September 11. All were family pets of the volunteers on the other end of the leash. Disaster Relief Dogs Therapy Dogs assisted families and relief workers following 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Other examples from September 11. Includes a poem. Therapy Dogs International (TDI) is preparing training and testing standards. Therapy Dog Eases Tennessee Tornado Anxieties Story of a gentle golden retriever that helps victims of disasters to recover emotionally. [American Red Cross] Man's Best Friend Helps WTC Workers Workers at Ground Zero receive therapy and a grief outlet in the shape of a golden retriever called Nikie - the site's only certified therapy dog. Other dogs helped at the city's family assistance centres. [BBC News] Seeking Creature Comfort in Crisis Specially trained teams of therapy animals and their handlers helped ease the pain for rescue workers, fire fighters, police, and victims' families after the September 11 attacks. Some traveled from Oregon to help at Ground Zero. [VetCentric] Therapy Dogs Lift Spirits at Ground Zero Hope Crisis and Response Team worked with the Red Cross to help bring emotional support to thousands affected by the World Trade Center attack. Emergency crew members call, "Here, pooch!" Everyone grins. They enjoy soft fur after a day of steel and concrete. Crisis Response Program When tragedy and people are gathered together in their grief, the simple act of petting a dog can give comfort that no words can offer. By Caring Canines, Boston. K-9 Disaster Relief This non-profit organization works with national, state, and local crisis and disaster relief agencies as well as the academic community. It sponsors and hosts conferences, seminars and presentations on Canine Crisis Intervention. Articles on several aspects of this work. Applejack is Crisis Certified "Applejack" served as a loving distraction for emotionally traumatized people after shooting disasters at Santana and Granite Hills high schools. A.J. and handler are certified for Animal Assisted Emotional Support (AAES).
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