Mica makes the grade: a hearing dog trains hard to offer her ears and heart to her human companion.

From: Animals | Date: January 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

The National Education for Assistance Dog Services Inc in Princeton, MA, puts dogs through an intensive 3-month training program before releasing them to deaf or hard-of-hearing owners. The training of a Pomeranian named Mica, who came from a shelter, is described.

A hearing dog trains hard to offer her ears and heart to her human companion.

Mica, a ball of silky orange hair on four dainty legs, dashes to the door in response to several loud knocks. Then the seven-pound Pomeranian races to her trainer, who is sitting at the dining table in a specially equipped apartment at the ...

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