{"id":128,"date":"2022-03-11T04:53:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T04:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2022-03-11T04:53:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T04:53:04","slug":"homeless-dogs-as-heroes-8-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/blog\/homeless-dogs-as-heroes-8-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Dogs as Heroes: 8 Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed the many ways homeless dogs become heroes? So many of these dogs become more than great pets. They change lives. Research your region to find groups that recruit dogs from rescues or shelters to train them to become someone\u2019s hero. Often these groups are not well known and operate on a very small budget. Here are eight ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2014 Therapy dogs for nursing homes and hospitals<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Reading companions for kids<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Courthouse dogs to help abused kids, intimidated spouses, and others testify in a calm way against their abusers<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Companions to prisoners, who may train them for improved adaptability or as assistance dogs<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Assistance dogs for the developmentally disabled, the blind, or many others who need assistance<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Therapy dogs for returning soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Companion dogs for troubled teens who may be living in homeless shelters or day facilities away from their parents<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Search and rescue dogs to locate humans after fires, hurricanes, avalanches, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed the many ways homeless dogs become heroes? So many of these dogs become more than great pets. They change lives. Research your region to find groups that recruit dogs from rescues or shelters to train them to become someone\u2019s hero. Often these groups are not well known and operate on a very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalsheltertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}