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The veteran and the labradoodle: How a service dog helped a TEDActive attendee step back out into the world

on Sep 4, 2014

Lon Hodge and his labradoodle, Gander, are at a McDonald’s near the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, a quick stop for a bite as they travel across the United States. “He never leaves my side,” Hodge explains to a curious woman, patting Gander on the flank. “He’s special.” Hodge and Gander are on the […]

Poll: Do you understand your pet’s emotions, and do they understand yours? The TED community answers

By Kate Torgovnick May

on Aug 27, 2014

Pets: they are just like us. Well, maybe. In her TED Talk, “Depressed dogs, cats with OCD—what animal madness means for us humans,” Laurel Braitman shares her seven years of research on the mental health of animals. “What I discovered is that I do believe they can suffer from mental illness, and [that] trying to […]