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August 30, 2007

Karma Dogs: A sneak preview

Here's "Paws With a Cause," a video account of Ace's work this summer as a therapy dog.

The video appeared Saturday on Baltimoresun.com, along with my story about Ace's training for -- and work as a member of -- Karma Dogs, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the lives of others through relationships with therapy dogs.

Ace took part in two programs -- one aimed at improving literacy skills among elementary school students, another that worked with people with developmental disabilities to improve their communication and socialization skills.

Karma Dogs uses only dogs whose lives were saved by rescue organizations.

Posted by John Woestendiek at 3:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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This is a great video. I actually just had the handler training last night that is documented in this video.

I hope that Ace gets a chance to participate in Karma Dog events in the future! Bauer, my 7 mos. old American Pit Bull Terrier, has to wait until February when he is a year old to take the final test. It looks like the two of you had a lot of fun though!

Posted by: Scott Posey | September 11, 2007 4:51 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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