Warrior Canine Connection Dog Drops in for a Visit

Bunce, a Warrior Canine Connection (WCC) dog-in-training, checked out the children's Halloween books here at the Tenley-Friendship Library last week. Bunce’s WCC trainer, Andrea McCarren, a reporter for WUSA9 News, has been caring for and training Bunce since he was a puppy. She looks forward to the day when Bunce is ready to help a combat veteran. Warrior Canine Connection enlists service members and veterans in the training of service dogs and matches veterans suffering from combat stress with these highly-trained therapy dogs that provide years of mobility and social support. You can find out more about Bunce here. 

How Dogs Help People
Want to learn more about how dogs help people? Check these out. 
 

• Hero Dogs: Courageous Canines in Action by Donna M. Jackson
• Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World by Nancy F. Castaldo
• Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I’s Bravest Dog by Ann Bausum
• Dogs on Duty by Catherine O'Neill