Even therapists with healing powers and best of all without any side effects. Hello welcome to end good shape animal assisted therapy goes way back up until the 8th century in belgian monasteries docs helped learning disabled children and this is flo shes my dog and shes helping me as well and getting fresh getting a lot of exercise and a view having a lot of fun but honestly shes not properly educated because a special task she would make how to trade me. Today is a big day for these puppies theyre just 5 weeks old but already a decision will be made about whether to train them as support dogs. For now the labrador retrievers are living in a conservatory converted for the purpose by drug trade. Hell spend the next 2 and a half years training them if they pass some initial tests. Even at this age its possible to identify whether a dog has the special characteristics needed for supporting people with disabilities. Lets take a look together with your given quba he 1st tests how relaxed and tolerant the puppy use a dog that remains calm is good for children with autism. Were going to test several different skills. We want to see which puppies are best suited as support dogs. So were looking at which ones have the most potential. But we can see the front paws are opened just hanging down relaxed. His back legs are also relax thats right just hold him steady. Obviously our tests have to be suitable for a puppy theres a difference between testing a puppy and an adult dog. A test that gets now gently begin blowing into his face. A bit more ok and now in short bursts. Say very good so moving on to the bottle we want to test how jumpy he is its. So hes not very jumpy has a high level of tolerance towards noises very good. And meanwhile 2 year old amy is almost ready to begin working as an autism support dog limits we had field were now training with an autism leash so for that i need to attach a 2nd lease to the dogs harness the 2nd cliche is intended to be used by a child with autism that youre going tries to pull the dog from response to simulate a child running away a click and a treat chose amy she has responded correctly. Mia has autism she actually quite like shopping but often struggles with sensory overload because of her autism the 7 year old tends to shut down so that not even her parents can reach or a challenging situation. Then give it me yeah im cold when we go shopping with mia she has no structure at all so whatever thought pops up in her head might be interesting for 3 seconds or 10 seconds the sound is county calm i can hardly hold her anymore when she pulls away or if she dies on the floor its impossible for me to pick her up like i used to is now that shes 7. Now me yet has caused by a dog trained for assistance with autism whose time don has come to see whether caspar is doing his job properly. Yes that often hes been trained to stay here and remain calm and relaxed and but not to respond to whats going on around him. But to be like an anchor i cut through. Caspar not only stops me running off he also helps her cope with frustration and feeling overwhelmed at the evening elizabeth play area like this me it was to hear their. And everywhere well as the fascinating escalator over there to see shed be constantly on the move. To be the dog provides an anchor so that she stays in one place and i know shes going to fall right on the others and this would be impossible otherwise she knows that the 2 of them i linked and cast the seems to radiate the calmness that mia needs to stay here and feel content dont live on vieques date on that and were able to sit here at a table drink a cup of coffee like normal parents think of it without worrying about our child running away. Over santa has been well chosen his latest proteges these funds puppies will now also begin training as assistant stocks. Docs are the most popular pets in the world take south america for example in south america more than 60 percent of the population owns a dog and as a g. P. I would say thats great because pet owners are usually healthier they suffer less from depression and less from Anxiety Disorders and docs can be really heroes and life savers what you say about that show. An Alpine Rescue worker is digging a hole meters down into the snow. Its part of an avalanche rescue exercise. And then the hole containing the victim a team member is fills in. The snow cat packs the freezing white mass down hard on the stage is set. The Mountain Rescue Team member your creature man and his dog and so have to find the casualty fast survival chances sink rapidly off to 15 minutes off to half an hour 2 out of 3 people buried by an avalanche a dead. End sos a tough canine the wind and temperature of minus 20 degrees celsius is no problem a tool for his dense very undercoat. In the meantime the snow is being crushed firmly down its realistic after an avalanche the snow is packed like concrete despite the icy trip and so doesnt need warming up hes ready for action. Going and so forth. And so relies entirely on his nose so far hes not got wind of any human presence so man has to steer him towards the avalanche while not preventing him from following a scent he discovers. Inside 90 seconds and says picked up a scent and a few seconds later hes found the spot where the avalanche victim lies buried. Absolutely to the dogs indicating that. Its been 15 minutes since the alarm was raised times running out there on the. Soon to go. See oh hes a good dog was super to the place where is the moment who are. Cool with him and so has shown roughly where the casualty is located now you know preacher man has to find him using a metal rod to. Get amusing the program because i know the casualties are buried down there. And says job is basically done but he still digs away whilst handler tries to feel his way to the casualties continue to use. Was. Going away but im not detecting the casualties yet. And says nose is phenomenal. You know maybe its not its pretty dense or very little actually gets through to the surface. Avalanche dogs have even sniffed people out 7 metres down in the snow. Though it is not a dogs nose is a miracle of nature. And so such took only a little over a minute for it. But now the casualty has to be done gallups. Which is. Then off to more than half an hour. Right there you know hey you know where is he then whoa where is he ok. Go on in you go back here and then he will know where you come out so go for exercise purposes the casualty is treated as unconscious so much as over the citizens and has to be cold out there to always put. Under real conditions and so i just saved a life today and its so much fun he wants to do it time and time again with people who dont feel. What can any moods do what doctors and nurses cant. Thats it what our talk today is about. Andrea bates thank you very much for being with us today youre a psychologist and have some 20 years of experience in the field of animal assisted interventions 1st of all what exactly is that the main thing is you integrate an animal into the next system except that there are many and it is administered by a person who has the official training and the strengths are can you tell me and what contacts has animal assisted therapy or animal assisted interventions been successfully used so far very popular and also or successful animals have been integrated in any kind of education and there are people children. Robbery oaken they have a kind of natural affinity towards animals theyre curious about them and so you can find a lot of school visiting dogs or animal says that it occasion approaches like that huge driving are for the disabled for instance and the other group that has very highly. This is all in the field of animals that interventions are seniors so one of the oldest intervention this is in programs with dogs in homes for other leads and thats also really work service dogs are a great distraction and theyre also social catalysts and they enable arm and facilitate conversations between humans that are present maybe they can dive in the liberty prayer here what do we know about the Scientific Evidence to animal assisted intervention really work there are several studies documented that and most of the interventions can reduce depression and anxiety that can improve moot trost generally cation and also empathy are there to reduce all kinds of stress indicators here your Blood Pressure costar our heart rate goes down the levels of the stress hormone cortisol also are reduced and one hormone is especially interesting with hormone oxytocin the levels of this home and i increased and you have a lot of positive effects either up because it governs a whole system for harm and connectedness so you regenerate and you also get a most awful orientation towards others and this also gives you social support other humans for his stance so when you look internationally this animal is a state intervention like a global phenomenon or is it just his 10 year. It is really a global phenomenon it started malice in the United States and spread up to canada and then it came over to Great Britain and germany actually a whole europe is now. Very into an analysis that interventions also is an arm has been interested in this kind of intervention in arms over 20 years on japan korea and also south america is fair articulate any animal suitable. Know after say now many people agree that only certain species should be used and this is just a usually domesticated space yes like dogs cats horses cows goats sheep but also all the llamas and the packers are very popular and they also have a long history of being socialized and. Adam mystic aided by humans even though you will find always different kind of examples where other animals used like dolphins this is why its. When we talk about animal assisted intervention chanterelle there are certain limitations to that form of therapy long exclusion criteria could be that theres a Strong Energy again for this because heres. Another reason is people who want to suppress. The presence of a future some kind of sickness and then its a very its a high risk its. Not the result of being the people not just afraid of certain kind of animals horses dogs and that you need really to consider if you take the time to 1st work on that fear oh its another kind of animal free therapy would be better for us and rabbits thank you so much for this interesting conversation and the inside see offered on animal assistance interventions you are back im. In good shape your Weekly Health show on t w covers many aspects of health care. We look at whats new in medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty. We talk about these topics in depth with experts and give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch. And emails can help children who have been traumatized by severe violence this is why nina and her husband stand shoulder to counter to center where animals can make all the difference. Its an exciting day for ben and to system 11. That comes to a very special farm run by Nina Sherlock can kristin shorter. Its a chance for the children to escape their problems for a few hours. Ok then with that i went to the pet you went to. Take when you manage to put the show yourself excess in one day rosalie to go to the sheep are 4 legged therapists the hope is they can help them learn to deal with his emotions he often feels overwhelmed gets angry when hes with the animals he has to stay calm. I learned from capitalization here theres a lot of body Awareness Training to the children dont just come in put a leash on the animals and off we go last they stroke and cuddle them 1st so that they bonded and form a relationship this is exactly what rosalie likes. Yes yes 1st rush theyre cold so theyre nice and clean the men will go out with them. In. The stuff you can do it but you know she always pulls that fast what looks like a nice family outing is actually animal assisted therapy. The idea for you then is to gain more selfconfidence the age of just 7 hes had to take on responsibility burley because both his parents are seriously ill his father suffered a brain tumor while his mother struggles with a vascular disease and when come home i was in the hospital the whole time and then ben said to me mom dont worry if you feel ill or need to die. Neil and i will never go into homes. Dont always go to grandma and grandpa and thats when he started drifting down into sadness. Bens conflicting emotions expressed themselves as aggression but never with rosalie even though today shes giving him a hard time. This. Year come rosalie as well nears the problem is she wants to eat because theres so much grass here. So she just eats and eats and. Fortunately theres help and occupational therapist nina and her husband provide therapy for people suffering from Anxiety Disorders and traumas together with their 4 legged team. 90 percent of our animals are from rescue centers that gives us such a goodbye medium for accessing the childrens story without us ever having to ask them about it directly as i see it i just tell them about our animals and most of the time the rest comes by itself the children can open up much more easily because they have someone who understands them and is perhaps similar to them in the us this guy is the farm favorite beefy. The pony had been severely maltreated and was said to be slaughtered but nina rescued him now hes helping sisters yasmeen and sorrow violence and other problems in the family have often led to fears squabbling between the 2 girls. Missing some can they have to communicate with each other and saying it wont work if they dont talk or if any one of them does the leading. Its also important for the one who knows the horse better in this case savva to give the other one some guidance and suggestions and that means weve established a line of communication again when you got yourself. Sorrow has to jump on to be using the trampoline that which can be a risky undertaking with a horse assisting doesnt mean hold species steady and make sure nothing goes wrong. Mustnt. After coming here we normally talk again at home in the evening about the stuff we did. And then we tend to get on better and know things are ok holding the horse just now proves to her that she can trust me at home to provide the kind of progress that gives me an assured rock extra pride in her job. Renaissance gannets me if we stop caring we have to change profession this job involves serious emotional participation and forming a bond with the client. And i in fact our job is to provide moments of joy and help the youngsters find their way forward although the word rescue is problematic because many of them dont want or dont need to be rescued they just want a hand to hold and some guidance. For ben and a lot of other children before they get therapists have helped them come along the way. Their new friends provide some much needed affection and confidence as they learn to trust others and overcoming it seems to trouble them. The docs know this is amazing this can smell nearly everything like cash drugs Human Emotions and even if the blood sugar is to know which is very helpful for diabetics if they can find that doc. For example fredericks labrador is training for some very special tasks to get help in emergencies by fetching the diabetes emerged. And seek it with a blood sugar meter insulin and dextrose. Or he sounds the alarm if his masters blood sugar levels fluctuate too much. Hes trained with a cloth bearing the scent of the patient when they were suffering from low blood sugar levels or hypoglycemia. Lifesaving dogs for diabetics how does that work. And how funny of all he has to give signals depending on smell thats common cause it could be a scratching around it could involve firing of the emergency kit and this coming out for it can mean setting off an alarm bell he doesnt have to do much more the important thing is that he can do it on his own he is not us is that standish not. Frederick has type one diabetes the dog has to warn him when hes about to develop hypoglycemia but doesnt work in practice. The time i have us believe from our yeah hes moved me 3 times when i was alone then he came to me and i checked the level he took something then gave him lots of praise. Scientifically however its still not clear how dogs can possibly be able to sniff out hypoglycemia. And it was the end of your bones we have to say quite honestly that we dont really know why dogs respond to hypoglycemia there are varying hypotheses. One explanation is that the dogs note a behavioral change in their owner. For example that their own caucus are getting dithering. The other is that the owners breath changes along with their sweat. Perhaps the smell of the affected persons sweat was. Theres technology that records drops in blood sugar levels a subcutaneous sensor monitors the situation every few minutes so why the need for a dog. You know. As far as diabetes dogs are concerned our patients who have one often say that they feel much safer. Diabetes watch dogs might be reassuring but dont feel really completely reliable many studies indicate that dogs are certainly able to warn in the event of hypoglycemia just how reliable they are depends to a great extent on how well trained to they are on average they get it right 70 percent of the town. Calls the big danger is that if i rely exclusively on the diabetes watchdog hypoglycemia that might go unnoticed. A dog that detects diabetes is a great idea but it cant replace the Available Technology nor should it get beat up on the diabetic watchdog its not a standalone its intended to augment the technical equipment weve got measuring blood to obtain a blood sugar level rating still offers maximum accuracy then we have sensors for the arm theyre really good and a diabetes watchdog is a very very good augmentation to all that. And. So one should never rely totally on the watch dog although in some cases the animals respond faster than technology. And on top of that they give patients Something Technology never can intimacy affection and a feeling of security. Money at alinea to say goodbye because todays show his own hurt and riches say you want to help me out in the practice because hes such a good assistant thought here see you next weekend until then lets all try to stay in good shape and we thats gonna walk come on all right direction even if he asks. How is this dolphin doing. What is this polar bear feeling right now unfortunately we cant just ask on the. Board so how can you measure animal wellbeing. Researchers are developing methods to find out when are animals doing well. To morrow cheating. In 30 minutes on d w. Great. However just a handful of chemical giants dominates the industry manipulating plants and the markets however they please because of them some crops that are thousands of years old are the most extinguished but farmers and consumers are the choice no other choice seats. In 75 minutes on t. W. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. How has the rate of infection been developing. What measures are being taken. 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