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    Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose
    Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose
    Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose
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    Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose

    By Stephanie Bee Simmons, Hermine M. Koplin and Mary-Ellen Siegel M.S.W.

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    "This book serves a valuable purpose. It demonstrates the special relationship between people and animals and shows how dogs contribute significantly to the health and emotional stability of many individuals."-Alan M. Beck, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for the Human-Animal Bond, Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Indiana, and Aaron H. Katcher, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania. Authors of Between Pets and People

    Dogs have been serving people for centuries. Today they are helping more people than ever, as Service Dogs for people who have physical disabilities, are hearing impaired and as Therapy Dogs, visiting various facilities. They are in the armed forces, police departments, and are used for tracking, search and rescue purposes and as useful companions to the socially isolated, the elderly, and children with special needs.

    In words and photographs, Beyond Companionship profiles a number of actual such dogs and people in these circumstances and contains sections on gathering further information, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJun 3, 2008
    ISBN9781469741642
    Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose
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    Stephanie Bee Simmons

    Mary-Ellen Siegel has written books for professionals and the general public on a variety of health and mental health topics and also has been a guest on over 150 radio and television shows, and lectures widely. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a clinical instructor in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Mary-Ellen Siegel has worked with many patients who have found dogs an important part of their lives, both for companionship and for help in their activities of daily living. She lives in New York City. She and her late sister, Hermine M. Koplin collaborated on this book. Hermine M. Koplin lived in New Jersey, and had always been a dog owner. Her love of dogs led her to work extensively with the elderly and physically challenged at home, day programs and in residential facilities. She produced and narrated a documentary concerning relationships between dogs and humans. Hermine Koplin was the founder of Loving Paws of Northern New Jersey, a chapter of Therapy Dogs International.

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      Beyond Companionship - Stephanie Bee Simmons

      Beyond Companionship

      Dogs With A Purpose

      Mary-Ellen Siegel, M.S.W. Hermine M. Koplin

      Photographs by Stephanie Bee Simmons

      ASJA Press

      New York Bloomington Shanghai

      Beyond Companionship

      Dogs With A Purpose

      Copyright © 2008 by Mary-Ellen Siegel, Hermine M. Koplin

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-0-595-48030-2

      ISBN: 978-1-4697-4164-2 (ebook)

      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      THE AUTHORS

      AUTHORS NOTE

      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCTION

      1

      DOGS AND KIDS

      2

      DOGS AND SENIORS

      3

      TRUMPET, THE THERAPY DOG

      4

      BRANDY, TRANSIT POLICE DOG

      5

      LUCKY AND HER HEARING EARS

      6

      NEPTUNE, GUARDIAN ON LAND AND SEA

      7

      GYPSY, FINDER OF LOST CHILDREN

      8

      DOGS AND THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED

      9

      HONEY, GUIDING EYES FOR VICKY

      GLOSSARY

      SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

      FOR FURTHER READING FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG READERS

      ENDNOTES

      Comments about

      Beyond Companionship: Dogs with a Purpose

      • "This book serves a valuable purpose. It demonstrates the special relationship between people and animals and shows how dogs contribute significantly to the health and emotional stability of many individuals. Alan M. Beck, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for the Human-Animal Bond, Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Indiana, and Aaron H. Katcher, M.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania. Authors of Between Pets and People.

      • The many roles dogs can play to better the lives of humans are poignantly portrayed in this book. As a passionate dog owner, it left me with a wonderful feeling. Carolyn L. Ellner, Dean Emerita, Michael B. Eisner College of Education, California State University, Northridge.

      • Beyond Companionship supports my own experiences and observations as a psychoanalyst/psychologist who has used dogs as adjuncts to clinical work, and reflects the spirit of a familiar enterprise, producing a warm, generous narrative, Margot Tallmer, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York.

      • Between the pages of this book you will learn about natural abilities that talented trainers cultivate into highly developed skills that make both human and dog lives richer. Susan

      Phillips Cohen, DSW, Director of Counseling, The Animal Medical Center of New York.

      • This book celebrates and demonstrates the benefit of being a contributing member of a group. This is an important social characteristic that our canine companions share with us. Maureen Walsh, DVM, DABVP. Veterinarian, New York City.

      In memory of

      Miriam and Monroe E. Greenberger, MD

      Their love for their family and their interest in all we did was always an inspiration. They were devoted parents and grandparents and would have been pleased by this collaboration

      MES. HMK

      and

      Hermine M. Koplin

      Sister, best friend, collaborator and inspiration for this book, and aunt to my children, Betsy, Peter and Vicki, wife to my dear brother-in-law Charles (Chic), mother to my nieces, Can-dis (Candy) and Stephanie (Stefi). I will always love you and never stop missing your companionship, support and wisdom.

      MES

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      The authors wish to express gratitude towards those who graciously and enthusiastically shared their time and knowledge:

      Kathy, Jim and Mark Ahearn, Patricia, Melinda and Tricia Bihon, Tom Broderick, Arthur and Jean Cohen, Heather Eas-ton, Jennifer Emmett, Todd Fenwick, Gregory Forte, Joanne and Nancy Gambert, David Goff, Manuel Ignacio, Jr., Shelley Kephart, Jeff, Glenn, Sharon and Kevin Kohan, Dr. Boris Levinson, Betty McDonnell, Jack and Mary McMahon, Candis Mitchell, Sheila O’Brien and the staff of the New England Education Center, Todd and Scott Rechler, Janina Sheytt, Audrey, Allyson and Holly Schwab, Ed Silverfarb of the New York City Transit Police, Officer Edward Solomon and family, Ilsa M. Sternberg, Lucy Ann Stewart, Catherine Swan, Dr. Margot Tallmer, Meghan Walsh, Kara Westerlind, Vicky Winslow, Llllie, Al and Estelle Wolff, Jamie Keith Zensky.

      We greatly admire and appreciate those dogs whose cooperation made this book possible, Amity’s Patriot of Pouch Cove, CDX, WRD, Ch. Arbeitsheims Choice Chablis, UDT, Can. CD, Blackthorn’s My Precious, Blackthorn’s Sister Bell, Brandy, Ch. Debonair Copyright, Am/Can CD, Gaelic Milky Way, CD, Honey, Ch. Honeywood Dreamland Express, CDX, Ch. Kilyka’s Colosus, UD, WRD, Kilyka Pollyanna, Ch. Kilyka She Shell, UD, WD, Lacey, Loroko Labrador Retrievers, Mug-Z, Pawn of Salem, Ch. Stouranon Burghbridge Princess

      Suki, CDX, TD, Can. CD, Wildwood Kin-Ahora Shayner, UDT, WC, Can, CDX, Windward Katun’s Sure Shot.

      Special thanks to the leaders, parents, children and puppies of the 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Project.

      For this new edition we offer a very special thanks to Lt. John Pappas of the New York Police Department Transit Bureau of the Canine Unit.

      The Beckerman family made MES recognize once more how family dog/s can enrich each person’s life, and encourage shared responsibilities and bonding among all.

      MES, HMK, SBS

      THE AUTHORS

      Mary-Ellen Siegel has written books for professionals and the general public on a variety of health and mental health topics and also has been a guest on over 150 radio and television shows, and lectures widely. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a clinical instructor in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Mary-Ellen Siegel has worked with many patients who have found dogs an important part of their lives, both for companionship and for help in their activities of daily living. She lives in New York City. She and her late sister, Hermine M. Koplin collaborated on this book.

      Mary-Ellen Siegel has contributed to numerous professional journals and books and is the author or co-author of the following books for the general public:

      • Her Way: A Guide to Biographies of Women For Young People

      • Reversing Hair Loss

      • The Nanny Connection

      • The Cancer Patient’s Handbook

      • Finger Tips

      • Dr. Greenberger’s What Every Man Should Know About His Prostate

      • Safe in the Sun

      • Behind the 8-Ball: A Recovery Guide for Families of Gamblers

      • Feeling Dizzy: Understanding and Treating Dizziness, Vertigo, and Other Balance Disorders

      • Chemotherapy Today: New Drugs, New Approaches, and New Strategies

      • Shingles: New Hope For An Old Disease

      Hermine M. Koplin lived in New Jersey, and had always been a dog owner. Her love of dogs led her to work extensively with the elderly and physically challenged at home, day programs and in residential facilities. She produced and narrated a documentary concerning relationships between dogs and humans. Hermine Koplin was the founder of Loving Paws of Northern New Jersey, a chapter of Therapy Dogs International.

      Stephanie Bee Simmons, daughter of the late Hermine M. Koplin, studied photography at the New England School of Photography in Boston. She now freelances, specializing in landscapes and natural portraiture. Stephanie Simmons lives in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with her husband, son, and Chocolate Lab.

      AUTHORS NOTE

      We are aware that according to strict grammarian rules, breed names should not be capitalized, with the exception of those that reflect the name of a language or country. However, we have chosen to capitalize all breeds. We have also chosen to capitalize words and phrases such as Therapy Dogs, Service Dogs, Hearing Ear Dogs, Police Dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs.

      FOREWORD

      Dogs

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