All posts tagged Bonita Bergin

Dr. Bonita Bergin–who in 1975 invented the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations, at which point she founded Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the first non-profit organization to train and place service dogs–discusses where and how she got the inspiration for the service dog idea, including that, at this point, she had no background with dogs and how most friends and colleagues initially made it clear they thought this was a nutty notion. Read more…