Meet “Chloe“, companion and service dog to the Richards family. Ed had some problems from his home owners association, they were adamant about not allowing Ed to have any sort of dog. Ed and his wife Malny were like many others, they went in search of some one to help. Ed is of course, a Veteran, and was instructed by his liaison at his local Veterans Administration office to contact Robert Tucker of Canine Companions USA for help.

“Upon meeting my family and dog and providing an assessment, he clearly explained the process and outlined a course description that involved obedience, minor behavioral modification and an alert to an oncoming medical episode for my husband”

It was agreed on to proceed right away with what CCUSA had outlined.

In the many weeks that followed, CCUSA trained Chloe in obedience and prepared her to take on the world with Ed by her side. Chloe’s primary goal was to utilize her natural abilities and alert Ed of high blood sugar, something she did quite well.

‘’Mr Tucker was able to recognize, with the help of Ed, a slight change in behavior as soon as there was even a moderate rise in glucose levels.“

We focused our training and within no time at all Chloe’s accuracy on monitoring Ed was uncanny. Ed has said,

“I knew without testing my blood sugar that it was on the way up. Chloe would jump in my lap and give me one flick of her tongue on my chin that was her signal to alert me.“

“We are very pleased with CCUSA and Robert Tucker. He gave us complete concise instructions, was patient and understanding to our needs, not only did he train Chloe but he was also able to instruct us on how to obtain proper documentation from the VA and then use his certifications to exercise our rights under ADA law and keep our service dog and home.”

The Richards family happily donated to sponsor other veterans in need.