Local Restaurant Holding Fundraiser For Service Dog Training
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Dining out for the dogs. It's an effort later this month to raise funds for a local organization that trains service dogs for military veterans in need.
Dog trainer Jennifer Green is the co-founder of Philadelphia based Alpha Bravo Canine, an organization that provides trained service dogs to veterans who suffer from debilitating medical and physiological problems as a result of active combat.
She says the dogs are taught to recognize warning signs.
"And then disrupt it before it gets to a point where it goes into a panic attack. They also can be trained to wake up someone who is having a panic attack. They can also be trained to wake up somebody who is having a nightmare and kind of re-direct them as well," Green explained.
Green says the cost to fully train a dog is $30,000 to $50,000.
On Monday August 21st The White Dog Cafe will give a portion of proceeds of restaurant dinner sales from its University City, Wayne, and Haverford locations to the organization.
