CONTEST
CONTEST AND FIND OUT HOW THIS COMPANY WORKS.4@4@4@4@ >>> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A
SERVICE DOG, THE FIRST FEW THAT
COME TO MIND ARE LABRADORS,
GOLDEN RETRIEVERS, OR GERMAN
SHEPHERDS, WORKING DOGS.
FOR ONE 4@WOMAN STRUGGLING WITH
THE DEBILITATING ILLNESS, HER
HEALTH COMES IN THE FORM OF AN
EIGHT POUND CHIHUAHUA.
HE DOES NOT HELP 4@HER CROSS TH
STREET OR SNIFF OUT ANY
ALLERGIES, BUT WHAT HE DOES HAS
CHANGED HER LIFE.
>> I WAS HAVING TWO INTERESTING
VOICES ALL THE TIME WITH ME.
I WAS HAVING ALL KINDS OF
DILUTIONS,4@ AND I THOUGHT THAT
WAS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S 4@NEW
CHOREOGRAPHER.4@4@
IT IS GOOD TO LAUGH ABOUT TH4@O
THINGS .
>> SARAH PAULSON CAME UP ABOUT
CERTAIN MOMENTS OF FOR
SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER NOW.
>> I THINK THAT I HEAR 4@OR SEE
BUGS IN THE BATTER ON THE WALL.
>> NOW SHE HAS THE SUPPORT THAT
SHE DID NOT WHEN SHE WAS 16
YEARS OLD.
SHE HAS PEOPLE4@ TO TALK TO,
MEDICATION THAT HELPS BALANCE
THINGS, AND LEON, AND EIGHT
POUND CHIHUAHUA TRAIN TO BE HER
SERVICE DOG.
>> I TAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER
LIKE THIS AND I SAY IT IS TIME
TO WORK BASICALLY4@ AND BASED O
WHAT HE HAS HEARD AND SEEN, IT
HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 10 TO
15 SECOND 4@AND I CAN THEN ASK
HIM EITHER DID YOU HEAR THAT OR
DID YOU SEE THAT, EITHER WAY
REALLY, AND IF 4@HE DID,4@4@ HE
PUT ONE PAUL FORD OR HE WILL
TAP ME WITH HIS PAW 4@.
>> SHE GOT LEAH MADE YEARS AGO
AND HE WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE
HER PET BUT AFTER TALKING THIS @
INITIAL OWNER ABOUT HER HIS
DAILY STRUGGLE, SO4@METHING
CLICKED . 4@
>> SHE WAS LIKE, WELL, I HAVE A
GRANDCHILD WHO IS DIAGNOSED
WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND I HAVE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT WAYS THAT
WE COULD TRAIN THE CHIHUAHUAS
TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
SHE AGREED TO WORK WITH US4@ FO
TWO YEARS WITHOU4@T PAYING A
PENNY.
IT WAS LIKE THE GIFT OF A
LIFETIME ULTIMATELY.4@
>> EVEN HER THERAPIST WORKS
WITH THE 4@TWO OF THEM, SARAH
SAYS IT CHANGED HER LIFE.
>> COME HERE.
>> EVERYTHING IS MUCH MORE CALM
AND I AM MORE CONFIDENT AND I
HAVE SO MUCH 4@LESS ANXIETY4@ T
I DID BEFORE, SO 4@I AM TAKING
LESS MEDICATION, I AM SEEING
MORE PEOPLE AND DOING MORE
THINGS.
>> IN FACT, SHE IS DOING
SOMETHING SHE NEVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE .
>> I REALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY
SYMPTOMS OF MY 4@ILLNESS UNTIL4
WAS 16 .
>> TALKING TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE,
SHE MEETS WITH MEDICAL WORKERS,
STUDENTS, ANYONE WHO WILL
LISTEN TO HER STORY, ANYONE WHO
NEEDS SUPPORT OR OFFERS AS .
>> GROWING UP, MY FATHER HAD
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MY FAMILY'S
REACTION GROWING UP WAS TO JUST
NOT TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, PUSH IT UNDER THE
RUG.
WHEN I SPEAK, I HOPE THAT SAME
SITUATION4@4@4@4@ WILL NOT OCCU
.
>> SHE 4@HAS DONE SO MANY TALKS
THAT SHE DECIDED TO MAKE IT
OFFICIAL.
STARTING UP THE KALEIDOSCOPE
SPEAKERS BUREAU, STARTING IN
THE FALL, SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE
SHE HAS MET ALONG THE WAY WILL
BE IN ANY 4@HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE THEY CAN GET INTO,
SPREADING THE MESSAGE ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IT WILL BE
OKAY .
>> ONE TIME, I WAS SPEAKING IN
A HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS 4@GIRL,
SOMETHING, ONE OF US SAID UPSET
HER AND SHE RAN OUT OF THE
ROOM, MAYBE SHE WENT TO THE
BATHROOM.
I WENT IN THERE AND SHE WAS
JUST CRYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE
BATHROOM AND SO4@ I JUST SAT DO
BESIDE HER AND I PASSED
HURRIEDLY HIM AND WE DID NOT
SAY ANYTHING AFTER ABOUT FIVE
OR 10 MINUTES4@ SHE WAS HAPPY A
SMILING AGAIN AND WAS LIKE
THANK YOU.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH 4@ANIMAL
CAN HELP US .
>>4@ IT TAKES TWO SOLID YEARS T
TRAIN EVERY KIND OF SERVICE DOG
CAN HELP US . >>4@ IT TAKES TWO SOLID YEARS T TRAIN EVERY KIND OF SERVICE DOG@
.
>>4@ THANKS TO LITTLE LIAM, SHE
HAS COME A LONG WAY 4@IN HER
TREATMENT AND HAS WRIT4@TEN A
MEMOIR ABOUT HER LIFE AND
RECENTLY RECORDED A VIDEO FOR
VETERINARY SCIENCE WHICH MAKE
SUPPLEMENTS FOR DOGS AND CATS
AND THE VERMONT BASED 4@COMPANY
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MENTAL
HEALTH AWARENESS FOR THE MONTH
OF MAY.
THE DUO PROVING THAT4@ BIG THIN
CAN COME IN SMALL PACKAGES .
>> IT IS NOT THE 4@BREED.
IT IS THE DOG, THAT LITTLE TINY
SMALL PACKAGE IS CHANGING THE
WAY I LIVE.
>> IF HE COULD NOT 4@TELL, LIAM
IS NOT A HUGE FAN OF CAMERAS 4@
AND WAS TERRIFIED OF THE ENTIRE
TIME THAT DEVON AND I WERE
THERE .
>> HE WAS VERY VERY BRAVE
BECAUSE HE DID NOT 4@RUN AWAY
FROM THE CAMERA.
HE KIND OF HUNG IN THERE, EVEN
THOUGH IT IS SCARY .
>> YOU SEE THIS?
THIS GIANT CAMERA, YES, I DO.
IT IS TERRIFYING .