Articles written by Robert Shoemake

Robert Shoemake|Dec 9, 2017

We seem to see service animals everywhere we go these days but how many of these animals actually went through the arduous process that being a true service dog requires? According to cci.org, the Canine Companions For Independence website, each of their service dogs spends the first two years of their life in training before being assigned to the person they will assist. This training costs them nearly $50,000 per dog. This is what Melissa Billingsley's service dog Hiltie had to go through...