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In the context of mental health, a service dog can help an owner to calm Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, as well as other mental health disorders such as depression.
Depending on the need, dogs can be trained to conduct home searches, allowing owners to be assured there is no danger, turn on lights, lead distressed owners to safety, alert to seizures and interrupt OCD behaviors.
When most people hear animal hoarding, they recall shocking news stories or imagine the “crazy cat lady.” They immediately side with the plight of the rescued animals, but rarely do they imagine what the lives of the hoarder must be like, or what led to the hoarding. The tragedy of animal hoarding is that most animal hoarders suffer the same fate as object hoarders—they fall victim to their good intentions and end up emotionally overwhelmed, socially isolated and ultimately alienated from family and friends. The problem of animal hoarding causes great suffering for both the animals and humans. When discovered, it also poses great expense for local animal shelters and may even necessitate regional and national efforts to find homes for a large number of animals.
