Cat named D-O-G is star canine trainer
Posted December 14, 2017 4:18 am.
Last Updated December 14, 2017 9:29 am.
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A cat with an unlikely name has an important job at a training centre for dogs.
Support Dogs, Inc. in St. Louis took in the black and white cat over the summer and named him D-O-G. He’s more than a mascot — officials say he plays a key role getting the dogs comfortable around other animals. Assistance dogs need to be well-behaved and not be distracted in their job helping people who are deaf or have mobility problems.
Support Dogs president and CEO Anne Klein says D-O-G is “fearless” around the larger canines and plays with their tails, sleeps in their beds and eats and drinks from their bowls instead of his own.
The dogs go through a two-year training program before they’re given to clients for free.
