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for help areas around. but some animals can do much more. their companions even therapists with healing powers and best of all without any side effects. hello welcome to shape an email a sister therapy goes way back up until the 8 century in belgian monasteries docs helped learning disabled children and this is flo she's my dog and she's helping me as well and getting fresh get a lot of exercise and a view having a lot of fun but honestly she's not properly educated because a special costs she with mates proper training. to date is a big day for these puppies they're just 5 weeks old but already a decision will be made about whether to. train them as support dogs. for now the

labrador retrievers are living in the conservatory converted for the purpose by a dog trainer and. he'll spend the next 2 and a half years training them if they pass some initial tests. even at this age it's possible to identify whether a dog has the special characteristics needed for supporting people with disabilities. let's take a look together with your given quba he 1st tests how relaxed and tolerant the puppy use a dog that remains calm is good for children with autism. we're going to test several different skills. we want to see which puppies are best suited as support dogs. so we're looking at which ones have the most potential. but we can see the front paws are opened just hanging down relaxed. his back legs

are also relax that's right just hold him steady. obviously our tests have to be suitable for a puppy there's a difference between testing a puppy and an adult dog. a test that gets gently begin blowing into his face. a bit more ok. now in short bursts. this is very good so moving on to the bottle we want to test how jumpy here is it's like a cat. so he's not very jumpy has a high level of tolerance towards noises very good. and meanwhile 2 year old amy is almost ready to begin working as an autism support dog to meet me at field we're now training with an autism leash so for that i need to attach a 2nd lease to the dog harness the 2nd polices intended to be used by

a child with autism that you're going guba trying to pull the dog from a sponsor just simulator child running the way a click and a treat chose amy she has responded correctly. mia has autism she actually quite like shopping but often struggles with sensory overload because of her autism the 7 year old tends to shut down so that not even her parents can reach or a challenging situation. then give it me i'm call when we go shopping with me and she has no structure at all so whatever thought pops up in her head might be interesting for 3 seconds or 10 seconds some just can't see how i can hardly hold her anymore when she pulls away or if she dies on the floor it's impossible for me to pick her up like i used to is now that she's 7

. now media has cuts by a dog trained for assistance with autism whose time down has come to see whether caspar is doing his job properly. yes that often he's been trying to stay here and remain calm and relaxed and but not to respond to what's going on around him. but to be like an anchor yeah i got so fed up caspar not only stops me running off he also helps her cope with frustration and feeling overwhelmed the evening elizabeth play area like this me it would be here there. and everywhere well is the fascinating escalator over there too because she'd be constantly on the move. to be the dog provides an anchor so that she stays in one place and i know she looks all right at the others and this

would be impossible otherwise she knows that the 2 of them i linked in cast the seems to radiate the calmness that mia needs to stay here and feel content so don't rely on v.x. 800 and we're able to sit here at a table drink a cup of coffee like normal parents think of it without worrying about our child running away. over santa has been well chosen his latest proteges these 5 puppies will now also begin training as assistance dogs. docs are the most popular pets in the world take south america for example in south america more than 60 percent of the population owns a dog and as a g.p. i would say that's great because pet owners are usually healthier they suffer less from depression and less from anxiety disorders and docs can be really heroes and life savers what you say about that show.

an alpine rescue worker is digging a hole meters down into the snow. it's part of an avalanche rescue exercise. and then the hole containing the victim a team member is filled in. the snow cat packs the freezing white mass down caught on the stage except. the mountain rescue team member a year grecian man and his dog and so have to find the casualty fast survival chances sink rapidly off to 15 minutes off to half an hour 2 out of 3 people buried by an avalanche a dead. an sos a tough canine the wind and temperature of minus 20 degrees celsius is no problem a tool for his dense ferry to coat the. in the meantime the snow is

being crushed firmly down it's realistic after an avalanche the snow is packed like concrete despite the icy trip and so doesn't need warming up he's ready for action . go on and so forth. and so relies entirely on his nose so far he's not got wind of any human presence manifest to steer him towards the avalanche while not preventing him from following a sense he discovers. inside 90 seconds and says picked up a scent and a few seconds later he's found the spot where the avalanche victim lies buried. lead to the dogs indicating that. it's been 15 minutes since the alarm was raised time's running out on the. soon to go. see the owners of your dog

would be super trouper right where is the man that born. close to him and so has shown roughly where the casualty is located now you reach a man has to find him using a metal rod to floors some sort of junk i'm using the program because i know the casualties are buried down there. and says job is basically done but he still digs away while standing tries to feel his way to the casualties continue to use it was. taking away but i'm not detecting the casualty yet. and saves knows is phenomenal. you know what it's not as pretty dense or very little actually gets through to the surface. avalanche dogs have even sniffed people out 7 metres down in the snow. well it is not a dog's nose is

a miracle of nature. and so sad that she took only a little over a minute or so. but now the casualty has to be dug out. which is. then off to more than half an hour. right there not here where is he then where is he ok. go on then you go back here and then he will not hurt you come come outside go for exercise purposes the casualty is treated as unconscious so some of it is over the citizens and has to be cold out there will always trip. under real conditions and so i just saved a life today and it's so much fun he wants to do it time and time again we could go on feel. what can any males do what

doctors and nurses can't. get it what our talk today is about. and they are bates thank you very much for being with us today you're a psychologist and have some 20 years of experience in the field of animal assisted interventions 1st of all what exactly is that the main thing is you integrate an animal into the next system except at their own plea and that is administered by a person who has the official training and the strengths are can you tell me in what contacts has animal assisted therapy or animal assisted interventions been successfully used so far very popular and also or successful animals have been integrated in any kind of education and there are people children. rather it all can they have a kind of natural affinity towards animals their jurors that are them and so you can find

a lot of school visiting dogs or and what is is that it occasion approaches like that huge driving are for the disabled for instance and the other group that has very highly. visible in the field of animals that interventions are seniors so one of the earliest intervention this is in programs with dogs in homes for evidence and that's also really works dogs are great distraction and they're also social catalysts and they enable arm and facilitate conversations between humans that are present maybe they can dive in the liberty pray and hear what do we know about the scientific evidence to animal assisted intervention really work there are several studies documenting that and research that interventions can reduce depression and anxiety that can improve moot trost generally cation and

also empathy are there to reduce all kinds of stress indicators here your blood pressure goes our heart rate goes down the levels of the stress hormone cortisol also are reduced and one hormone is especially interesting with the hormone oxytocin the levels of this home and i increased and you have a lot of positive effects either up because it governs a whole system for harm and connectedness so you're regenerate and you also get a most awful orientation towards others and this also gives you social support other humans for instance so when you look internationally it's animal sister intervention like a global phenomenon or is it just used here in europe. it is really a global phenomenon it started malice in the united states and spread up to canada and then it came over to great britain and germany actually

a whole europe is now. very into the militias that interventions also is an arm has been interested in this kind of intervention on things over 20 years on japan korea and also south america it's fair radically and animal suitable. know after say now many people agree that only certain species should be used and this is just a usually domesticated species yes like dogs cats horses cows goats sheep but also all the llamas and the packers are very popular and they also have a long history of being socialized and. adam instigated by humans even though you wouldn't find always different kind of examples where other animals used like dolphins this is why it's. when we talk about animal assisted intervention in

general are there certain limitations to that form of therapy exclusion criteria could be that there's a strong energy again for this. and other reason is people who are ignorant to suppress. the presence of some kind of sickness and then it's a very it's a high risk it's. not the result of being the people not just the fright of certain kind of animals horses dogs and that you need really to consider if you take the time to 1st work on that fear oh it's another kind of animal free therapy would be better for us and rabbits thank you so much for this interesting conversation and the insides you offered on animal assisted interventions you are back i'm. in good shape your weekly health show on t w covers many aspects of health care. look at what's new in medical treatment

nutrition fitness and beauty. we talk about these topics in depth with experts and give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch. any wealth can help children who have been traumatized by severe violence this is why nina and her husband to stand shoulder to holler to center where any notes can make all the difference. it's an exciting day for ben and to system 11. have come to a very special found run by nina sherlock in kristin shelter. it's a chance for the children to escape their problems for a few hours. ok ben with that i went to the pet you went to. take can you manage to put the shown yourself excess skin on the rosalie the goat and anton the sheep are 4 legged therapists the hope is they can help them learn to deal with his emotions he often feels overwhelmed and gets angry when he's with the animals he

has to stay calm. i learned from capitalization here there's a lot of body awareness training to the children don't just come in put a leash on the animals and off we go. they stroke and cuddle them 1st so that they bond and form a relationship as ben knows exactly what rosalie likes. d.s. the 1st rush their colons yeah so they're nice and clean and then we'll go out with them. their stuff you can do it but you know she always pulls that fast what looks like a nice family outing is actually animal assisted therapy. the idea for a bit is to gain more self-confidence the age of just 7 he's had to take on responsibility burley because both his parents are seriously ill his father suffered a brain tumor while his mother struggles with

a vascular disease from come home i was in the hospital the whole time and then ben said to me mom don't worry if you feel ill or need to die. neil and i will never go into homes. well i always go to grandma and grandpa and that's when he started drifting down into sadness. ben's conflicting emotions express themselves as aggression but never with rosalie even though today she's giving him a hard time. with this. come rosalie as well nears the problem is she wants to eat because there's so much grass here. so she just eats and eats and is. fortunately this healthy occupational therapist nina and her husband provide therapy for people suffering from anxiety disorders and traumas together with their 4 legged team.

90 percent of our animals are from rescue centers that gives us such a goodbye medium for accessing the children's story without us ever having to ask them about it directly as you see and i just tell them about our animals and most of the time the rest comes by itself the children can open up much more easily because they have someone who understands them and is perhaps similar to them in that. this guy is the farm favorite beefy. the pony had been severely maltreated and was said to be slaughtered but nina rescued him now he's helping sisters yasmeen ansara violence and other problems in the family have often led to fears squabbling between the 2 girls. and the missing some can they have to communicate with each other have been saying it won't work if they don't talk or if any one of them does the leading. it's also important for the one who knows the horse better in this case savva to give the other one some guidance and suggestions

and that means we've established a line of communication again when you cut yourself. sorrow has to jump on to be feet using the trampoline that which can be a risky undertaking with a horse assisting yasmeen hold species steady and make sure nothing goes wrong. mustn't know. after coming here we normally talk again at home in the evening about the stuff we did. and then we tend to get on better and know things are ok ok holding the horse just now proves to her that she can trust me but hans provides a kind of progress that gives me an assured extra pride in her job. if we stop caring we have to change profession this job involves serious emotional participation and forming a bond with the client. and i'm for our job is to provide moments of joy and help

the youngsters find their way forward although the word rescue is problematic because many of them don't want to a day needs to be rescued they just want a hand to hold and some guidance. they have time for ben and a lot of other children before they get therapists kind of help them come along the way. the new friends provide some much needed affection and confidence as they learn to trust others and overcome receives the trouble and. the docs know this is amazing this can smell nearly everything like cash drugs human emotions and even if the blood sugar is to know which is very helpful for diabetics if they can find that doc. for example frederick's labrador is

training for some very special tasks to get help in emergencies by fetching the diabetes emergency kit with a blood sugar meter insulin and dextrose. or he sounds the alarm if his master's blood sugar levels fluctuate too much. he's trained with a cloth bearing the scent of the patient when they were suffering from low blood sugar levels or hypoglycemia. lifesaving drugs for diabetics how does that work. and have fun of the whole he has to give sick. depending on smell that's common it could be a scratching around it could involve the emergency kit and this coming out for it can mean setting off an alarm bell he doesn't have to do much more the important thing is that he can do it on his own he is that's us as a standard not. frederick has type one diabetes the dog has to warn him when

he's about to develop hypoglycemia but doesn't work in practice. time of us perform yeah he's welcome me 3 times when i was alone then he came to me and i checked the level he took something then gave him lots of praise. scientifically however it's still not clear how dogs can possibly be able to stiff out hypoglycemia. and it was the end of your bones we have to say quite honestly that we don't really know why dogs respond to hypoglycemia there are varying hypotheses which. one explanation is that the dogs note a behavioral change in their owner. for example that they're on focused on or getting differing with. the other is that the owner's breath changes along with their sweat. perhaps the smell of the affected person's sweat. there

is technology that records drops in blood sugar levels a subcutaneous sensor monitors the situation every few minutes so why the need for a dog. you know. as far as diabetes dogs are concerned our patients who have one often say that they feel much safer. diabetes watch dogs might be reassuring but don't feel really completely reliable many studies indicate that dogs are certainly able to warn in the event of hypoglycemia just how reliable they are depends to a great extent on how well trained to they are on average they get it right 70 percent of the time. because the big danger is that if i rely exclusively on the diabetes watchdog hypoglycemia that might go unnoticed. a dog that detects diabetes is

a great idea but it can't replace the available technology nor should it be the government the diabetic watched and it's not a standalone it's intended to augment the technical equipment we've got measuring blood to obtain a blood sugar level reading still offers maximum accuracy and then we have sensors for the arm there are really good 8 and a diabetes watched on as a very very good augmentation to all that. and. so one should never rely totally on the watchdog although in some cases the animals respond faster than technology. and dog top of that they give patients something technology never can intimacy affection and a feeling of security. that many at alinea wish to say goodbye because today's show his own hurt and riches say

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