World's First Alzheimer's Guide Dog...

[ParNone]

Israel has developed the world's first Alzheimer's guide dogs.
They needed a dog that when the person became confused,
could guide them back "Home". They tried several different
breeds and it seems somewhat apropos that they ended up
using a Collie (Lassie come home). Aw the wonderfulness
of dogs. They never cease to amaze me with all they'll do
for us out of love.

Hopefully we'll adopt this program here in the US too. Here's
a link to the article, with a pic of Polly the Collie:

http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?...=Articles^l518

Par...

[lbaker]

What a fantastic thing to read about. Oh I do hope we in the U.S. can follow up with this idea. There is no reason in the world these wonderful dogs & ideas can't end up worldwide. Thank you, thank you Par for posting this. I hope everyone can take a look at this article I for one will be forwarding it to several different people. Thanks again Par.
Laurie

[Foam]

Proves that smooth collies really ARE the best.
I really hope we can get this program into the US! What a wonderful story.