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Dogs in Service

Dog lovers, how does Fido add to your life?

What if you had special needs?

Is it possible a canine could meet those needs in a way no one else can?

We look at dogs in service from multiple perspectives.

Guests:
Peggy Law
- Founder and Executive Director, Service Dogs of Virginia.

Linda Morris - Mother of a young man who began using a Service Dog in 2011 following an accident that caused severe paralysis.  Volunteer with Service Dogs of Virginia.

Colleen Slipka Tennyson, M.D.- Clinical psychiatrist who uses a Therapy Dog in her practice. Staff Psychiatrist, James Madison University Counseling Center.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.