pushed me to her pace. >> and because of her, he went back in. >> exactly. i was way ahead of schedule. they were surprised that i had recovered the way i did. and that led me back into going back into service again. when i was headed for retirement , i wasn't ready. this dog and the k9 project got me back where i needed to be. >> that dogs can see beyond the flesh. we might look at the veteran an they might say, my dog is sayin you're not, so with that ability , the dog is there to heal the operators. the spirit behind the training is everything we do is obedienc under stress.