Meet a myositis dog

MaryAnne Hunt-Valencia and her assistant, service dog Damon, demonstrate some ways that a service dog can assist people with Myositis. Recorded at The Myositis Association's 2014 Annual Patient Conference in Reno, NV.

[@cherylcarlson3315]

While was fighting thru assessment last ur got a shelter dog for 27 you As pie son as our border collie was 17. He is not trained to good citizen level but he brought me matching socks from laundry,1 shoe when he wanted out.in winter brought fleece jacket,braces my legs,pushes me back into chair,lays on thighs during spasms,herds me to frig if haven't eaten,lifted me from floor (hadn't fallen) all this before got diagnosis but had needs. Shelter dogs are great.

[@bs1820]

Cheryl Carlson what ?

[@ghettocountry8678]

My Dog was just diagnosed with this disease about a month ago and he was a very healthy dog ran and played with toys now he isn't doing any of that at all, but they called it (mmm) a little different I think but they put him on a narcotic called tramadol and it made my 10-year-old (Buddy) have seizures for some reason. THe predinsone helps but he's getting worse and there's not alot out there on this disease. My baby isn't just a dog, he is my son/kid, I took him in when My Brother passed away from a house fire and he stayed in the house and tried to get him out but couldn't and he came out right when the house collapsed. So there is a lot to his story, I've had him going on 7 years and my brother had him for 4. I'm just looking for some kinda of support and help and info on this disease... There isn't a lot of info out there on this and just looking for anything to help me out with this. Anything at all would be greatly appreciated, I've watched all video's I believe that's on youtube but there still isn't a lot out there maybe 20 video's at the most on it and most of them only have type one 1m or 2m my baby has all 3m's and really looking for a natural and painless way to get him to test negative for this. Someone said plant sterols and Chinese herbs work tremendously and fish oils but Im so unsure i just don't want to give him anything that someone prescribes or recommends because the last medicine made him have seizures or something like that, but to me, it looked as if he was having a mini-stroke.

[@bakj7]

While I am glade to see that service dogs are an option for aiding people suffering from this disease, it took her 8 minutes to begin
explaining how the dog could be of any help. She also does not name who she contacted to get the dog, at least put the contact info in the
description.