- LOUIS /December 14, 2017 (STL.News) — A cat with an unlikely name has an important job at a training center for dogs.
Support Dogs, Inc. in St. Louis took in the black and white cat over the summer and named him D-O-G (dee-OH’-jee). He’s more than a mascot – officials say he plays a key role getting the dogs comfortable around other animals. Assistance dogs need to be well-behaved and not be distracted in their job helping people who are deaf or have mobility problems.
Support Dogs president and CEO Anne Klein says D-O-G is “fearless” around the larger canines and plays with their tails, sleeps in their beds and eats and drinks from their bowls instead of his own.
The dogs go through a two-year training program before they’re given to clients for free.
___
By Associated Press, published on STL.NEWS by St. Louis Media, LLC (ZS)
___
The post C-A-T named D-O-G is Star Canine Trainer appeared first on STL.News.
