post traumatic stress disorder | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 post traumatic stress disorder | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Shari Duval, founder of K9s for Warriors https://talkinganimals.net/2014/09/shari-duval-founder-of-k9s-for-warriors/ https://talkinganimals.net/2014/09/shari-duval-founder-of-k9s-for-warriors/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:00:31 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=4211 Shari Duval—founder and president of K9s for Warriors, which pairs veterans who suffer from PTSD and other wounds of war with rescue dogs who’ve been specially trained as service dogs to help these veterans function more effectively in civilian life—recounts how concern over profound changes in her son, Brett Simon, after he returned from two […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2014/09/shari-duval-founder-of-k9s-for-warriors/feed/ 0 4211 Dr. Edie Dopking, Founder, Quantum Leap Farm https://talkinganimals.net/2012/09/dr-edie-dopking/ https://talkinganimals.net/2012/09/dr-edie-dopking/#respond Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:00:45 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=2603 Dr. Edie Dopking–Founder of Quantum Leap Farm, a therapeutic equestrian program based in Odessa, FL–discusses her lifelong love of horses, first getting on a horse at age two and riding throughout her childhood in Kentucky. She also addresses how volunteering at Bakas Equestrian Center–a therapeutic equestrian program in Tampa, devoted to serving children–prompted her to […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2012/09/dr-edie-dopking/feed/ 0 2603 Dr. Walter Burghardt, Jr., veterinarian & expert on canine PTSD https://talkinganimals.net/2012/02/dr-walter-burghard/ https://talkinganimals.net/2012/02/dr-walter-burghard/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:27 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=618 Dr. Walter Burghardt, Jr.–veterinarian, chief of behavioral medicine since 1995 at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base, and considered the leading authority on canine post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)–describes the Hospital and the scope of its staff and services, and what it means to be responsible for the […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2012/02/dr-walter-burghard/feed/ 0 618 Heide Illgen, a veteran trainer with Southeastern Guide Dogs https://talkinganimals.net/2011/03/heide-illgen-a-veteran-trainer-with-southeastern-guide-dogs/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/03/heide-illgen-a-veteran-trainer-with-southeastern-guide-dogs/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:00:57 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=959 Heide Illgen–a dog trainer at Southeastern Guide Dogs, where she’s worked for nearly 20 years–discusses some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding guide dogs. She also explains the process and attendant timetable of a dog potentially becoming a guide dog, a tightly-scripted saga that begins with puppies that Southeastern breeds at their facility, volunteer puppy raisers […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2011/03/heide-illgen-a-veteran-trainer-with-southeastern-guide-dogs/feed/ 0 959 Charles Siebert–Writer-reporter-poet essayist https://talkinganimals.net/2009/08/charles-siebert-writer-reporter-poet-essayist/ https://talkinganimals.net/2009/08/charles-siebert-writer-reporter-poet-essayist/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:00:15 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1342 Writer-reporter-poet essayist Charles Siebert, the author, most recently, of “The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding Of Animals”–which chronicles his extended encounter with a retired circus chimp named Roger at The Center For Great Apes, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Wauchula, FL and widens out considerably from the personal reportage of that encounter, including incorporating […]

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