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'Zohar is holding...
'Night'
'Who is Night?
YARIV BEN YOSEF
'good morning
'You are managing the centre for service and therapy dogs'
'Service and Therapy dogs, what does it mean?
'Service and Therapy dogs are working daily in caring
'for people with special needs
'physiotherapy, psychology,
'communication difficulties - by using dogs
'and service dogs - that are trained to service people
'people with special needs
'Zohar, what does Night do, who does it service?
'elderly people'
'How?
ZOHAR SHEMESH
'they pet it
'what does it give them, Yariv?
'first of all - self esteem
'by working with Zohar and the dog
'we walk with the dog
'this specific dog Night, is visiting nursing homes weekly
'they visit a care centre
'the patients meet the dog
'by their interaction, by projecting their feelings
'towards the dog
'why is it important?
'patients with Alzheimer
'How? I read here that you train dogs
'ro work with different patients
'how can a dog help an Alzheimer patient?
'by leading him back home?
'how can it help a patient with a breathing problem?
'First, the dog can return a patient back home
'and the dog can identify different
'behaviour
'it can identify a fit, it will bark
'it can activate an emergency button
'Or, if a patient can't find something
'he can ask the dog - it will find it for him
'there are crtain codes that the dog is trained to identify
'Can it bring a patient back home?
'YES, we can train it to do that
'so, tou train dogs for people to purchase?
'to purchase, and to develope with independently
'we had trained dogs in differenet locations
'Europe, Israel
'we work with volunteers as Zohar
'we want to expose the youths to the subject
'Dog is man's best friend
'the dog will accept you for what you are
'able or disabled, autistic, ADD
'it does not matter for the dog
'are ther any success stories that lead you?
'sure, there are many
'we have a communication room'
'where by many stimulations a dog had caused
'a patient to talk, after many years he had not
'or, a disabled that can be independent
'can leave his home, be confident
'the dog can bring keys, open doors
'open the fridge
'identify an epileptic fit
'for instance, a patient needs his medicine
'he can point with a laser pointer
'the dog can open a drawer for him
'and get his medicine for him
'instead of taking a risk
'Are there specific breeds of dogs that you work with?
'we know that specific breeds are used for security
'are ther specific breeds that you work with?
'we have a wide range of dogs
'Australian Rollie for instance
'it is an amazing dog
'it is placid, calm, giving dog
'and we work with small dogs, poodles
'border collie
'Zohar, what do you do when you take Night to a nursing home?
'me and Yariv go there, and
'here we can see you
'Yes, we see her training with an Australian Rollie - May
'We see them training for road crossing
'where the dog is trained to prevent the danger as we see
'the dog stops her from jumping to the road
'how did you reach this project, Zohar?
'with my mom
'because I love animals, I ride horses
'safari
'when we train a dog to be in a shopping mall
'we need to train it to ignore all the noise
'stimulations, smells, people and still function
'it needs to behave itself in public places when it is aworking dog
'how many dogs had you trained? what is the cost?
'the cost is between a minimum and a maximum
'the training period runs between a year and 18 months
'the cost can start at $5000
'and reach $15000
'how many dogs are ther? THERE ARE!
'thanks, good luck
'thanks