Two new facility dogs, Zeppelin and Moose, have joined the Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre's program, providing comfort and support to children who have experienced abuse. They join six-year-old black lab, Captain, in offering a non-judgmental and comforting presence to help ease the children's anxieties.
Every year, the Zebra Centre 's facility dogs provide comfort and support to hundreds of kids who have experienced abuse. On Thursday, two new dogs are officially being welcomed to that program. Nicole Stillger introduces us to the pups.
Two very good boys have been added to the Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre’s facility dog program.“They both have been training to be facility dogs since birth, and they both recently turned two years old,” said Emmy Stuebing, CEO of the Zebra Centre.Click to share quote on Twitter: "These guys were born to do this. They really are a great comfort."Zeppelin came from Edmonton-based Dogs With Wings and Moose was trained with Ontario-based Lions Foundation.
“Sometimes when kiddos come to the Zebra Center, they don’t really want to talk to anybody about what happened to them, but sometimes they’ll talk to a dog,” Stuebing said.“They’re non-judgmental and that instant feeling of security that they bring definitely helps ease the kids when they’re here,” Stephanie Franks said, Child and Youth Supports director at the Zebra Centre.
It’s in honour of one of the centre’s biggest supporters — Buddy Victor — who passed away in 2023 at 92 years old.“They have good sense of humour in a way that they just are a bunch of jokesters, but they know when to be sensitive,” Frank said.Father’s Day event supports Zebra Child Protection CentreRCMP Black Hawk helicopters deployed along Canada-U.S. border
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