National Service Dog Month honors dogs who serve and facilities that train them

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – September is National Service Dog Month to recognize and celebrate the highly trained dogs that provide critical support to the people they serve.

Service dogs are trained to change lives. That’s the motto at Service Dogs Alabama, which trains and provides service dogs for people with medical and psychiatric disabilities, including veterans and a teenagers.

Dogs are trained in PTSD intervention, mobility, assistance, seizure, intervention, or autism intervention. Service Dogs Alabama also provides facility dogs to schools, justice centers, and hospitals, where the impact of a dog can provide critical support…

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