PTSD | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 17 May 2024 19:21:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 PTSD | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Anton Ptushkin, director of “Saving the Animals of Ukraine” https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/ https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 19:18:13 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11240 Anton Ptushkin–director of the PBS Nature documentary profiling the efforts of Ukrainian citizens to rescue animals amidst the destruction of the war—describes the sort of travel pieces he produced as a YouTuber, before he morphed into a war correspondent. Ptushkin notes that this transformation wasn’t the product of a specific ambition, but rather, reflected an […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/feed/ 0 11240 Ginny Sweet, co-founder of Corsos for Heroes https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/ginny-sweet-co-founder-of-corsos-for-heroes/ https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/ginny-sweet-co-founder-of-corsos-for-heroes/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:00:02 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=8584 Ginny Sweet—co-founder (with Harry Toro) of Corsos for Heroes, an organization based in Lutz, Florida, that donates specially-trained service dogs, of the Cane Corso breed, to military veterans who are contending with one or more disabilities—describes some of the members of her military family. This includes her Dad being a WWII veteran, noting that back […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/ginny-sweet-co-founder-of-corsos-for-heroes/feed/ 0 8584 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 Michael Jernigan & Judy Bordignon, Southeast Guide Dogs’ Paws For Patriots https://talkinganimals.net/2013/02/michael-jernigan-judy-bordignon-southeast-guide-dogs-paws-for-patriots/ https://talkinganimals.net/2013/02/michael-jernigan-judy-bordignon-southeast-guide-dogs-paws-for-patriots/#respond Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:00:38 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=2942 Michael Jernigan & Judy Bordignon–staff members at Southeastern Guide Dogs; she’s the trainer for Veteran Service Dogs And Facility Therapy Dogs, he’s the Community Outreach Coordinator–discuss how the Palmetto, Florida based facility launched its Paws For Patriots program to serve veterans. Jernigan, who helped create the program, describes how Southeastern initially expanded its fundamental service of providing […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2013/02/michael-jernigan-judy-bordignon-southeast-guide-dogs-paws-for-patriots/feed/ 0 2942 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 Pit Bulls 4 Patriots’ Paul Manners, Juli Rae Radloff, Brian Hall & Dozer https://talkinganimals.net/2011/07/pit-bulls-4-patriots/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/07/pit-bulls-4-patriots/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:36:57 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=308 Paul Manners, Juli Rae Radloff, Brian Hall & Dozer– three people (and one dog) involved with a href=”http://www.pitbulls4patriots.org/”>Pit Bulls 4 Patriots–discuss this Gulfport, FL-based program that pairs veterans suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with rescued pit bulls, in a poignant intersection of healing & hope. Paul Manners, who founded the organization, explains the human […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2011/07/pit-bulls-4-patriots/feed/ 0 308 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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