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Podcast: cityCURRENT Radio Show
Episode: Nashville Radio Show: Retrieving Independence: The Power of Service Dogs
Description: Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Lauren Dougall, CEO of Retrieving Independence, who highlights the Middle Tennessee-based nonprofit's mission and efforts to harness love, dignity, and change and transform lives through the human-animal bond. During the interview, Lauren discusses how Retrieving Independence's innovative service dog training gives greater independence to people living with physical, emotional, or mental disabilities; offers rehabilitation to inmate trainers at two Tennessee prison facilities; and creates community for their 100+ dedicated volunteers. She talks about the different breeds of dogs they work with, the different types of working dogs, how the puppies are raised and trained...