Download A Dog's Gift: The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man's Best Friend AudioBook Free
A decade ago former armed forces counterintelligence officer Terry Henry signed up with his precocious young little girl, Kyria, on a trip to a nursing home to be able to permit its residents that can be played using their family dog, a golden retriever known as Riley. Terry was astounded by the transformations that unfolded before his eye. Soon after, Terry and Kyria started their service dog organization, Paws4people, with the purpose of pairing pups with humans looking for healing, including traumatized and wounded war veterans and children living with physical, psychological, and intellectual disabilities. In A Dog's Item, award-winning journalist and creator Bob Drury movingly captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the shattered body and souls the organization mends. The audiobook uses the trip of pups bred by the organization, from their loving if rigorous early training to an psychological event that Terry and Kyria have christened "the bump", where each individual service dog chooses its new owner through an almost mystical connection that ignites the healing up process. Incorporating vivid storytelling, insights into canine wisdom, history, science, and moving tales of personal transformation, A Dog's Item is a story of miracles destined to be embraced by not only the 60 million Us citizens who own pups but by a person with a full center and a loving soul.
