There’s no medicine like a dog’: Ex-soldier who trains shelter dogs to become veterans’ companions to be honored on Memorial Day in MarylandBALTIMORE — Chris Hardy remembers the moment he realized that dogs could change lives. But he has to take a deep breath and work to hold back tears to tell the story.
Chris Hardy works at his desk with his service dog Brody, on May 24, 2022, in Baltimore. Mr. Hardy, a U.S. Army veteran of 11 years, is founder of U.S. Kennels Inc., a nonprofit organization that rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to become service dogs for veterans. Brody is always at his side and helps him cope with PTSD. © Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun/TNS Chris Hardy works at his desk with his service dog Brody, on May 24, 2022, in Baltimore. Mr. Hardy, a U.S. Army veteran of 11 years, is founder of U.S. Kennels Inc., a nonprofit organization that rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to become service dogs for veterans. Brody is always at his side and helps him cope with PTSD.
Hardy, a dog trainer for the U.S. Defense Department in Afghanistan in 2006, was making a routine trip to a field hospital to pick up supplies, along with his dog, Dirk. A nurse was holding a badly injured baby; the infant was burned on her face, neck and body. She suddenly reached out to pet Dirk, her face lighting up with a smile.
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