AMERICAN LEGION
DISTRICT 11
DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON
MIKO
Miko is a Service Dog.
She will be working Therapy Assist with Patients at the
Veterans Administration Hospital in Seattle Washington.
I bet
you're asking WHAT a dog can do for a person who is disabled.
A service dog can do many tasks, depending on the person's disability.
A dog guide is the eyes for its blind handler, taking the handler around
obstacles.
A hearing dog alerts the handler to sounds, a Seizure Alert/Response dog
responds
when the handler has a seizure, and a Mobility Assist Dog (also called a
Service Dog), is
the arms and legs for a disabled person. A psychiatric service dog keeps
a person
with an psychiatric disorder calm and able to be going to out in public.