{"id":85173,"date":"2019-02-22T10:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85173"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:27","slug":"robin-r-ganzert-has-a-pandering-puppies-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85173","title":{"rendered":"Robin R. Ganzert has a pandering puppies problem."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have lost count of how many fakes, posers and embellishing clowns we have exposed that were\/are training puppies as PTSD companions.\u00a0 Robin Ganzert’s bio reads like some kind of superhero for pet philanthropy.\u00a0 You really need to read it.<\/a><\/p>\n

I have nothing against puppies.\u00a0 It’s their pimps that piss me off.\u00a0 All of her do-gooder nonsense and self-aggrandizing by pimping out pets for patriots\u00a0just rubs me the wrong way.\u00a0 Reading “opinion” promulgated\u00a0by her is like forcing myself\u00a0to sit through a relaxing session of fingernails running down chalkboards.\u00a0 Here are a few bites from one of her recent plugs for pups:<\/p>\n

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Service dogs could be a solution to the veteran suicide crisis<\/h1>\n
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“About\u00a01 veteran in 6<\/a>\u00a0suffers from PTSD. According to\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0in the journal Depression and Anxiety, 28 percent of those who reported a past traumatic event had attempted suicide. Another study found that those with TBI, which affects about the\u00a0same portion<\/a>\u00a0of veterans, are nearly\u00a0twice<\/a>\u00a0as likely to die by suicide.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“There’s long been anecdotal evidence that service dogs can help treat these mental health afflictions. Service dogs can be trained to perform countless tasks that mitigate these conditions, including retrieving medication, searching homes for perceived threats, grounding handlers during a stressful episode, aiding with memory-related tasks, and even turning on lights during a night terror.”<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
One would think that they would have a lot more than just “anecdotal evidence” by now.\u00a0 When an organization publishes a study that strongly supports its own cause … my bullshit meter begins to peg.\u00a0 When other people quote those studies to support more of their own interests, my ass begins to itch.\u00a0 The general purpose for pimping out puppies, in my opinion, boils down to a few things.<\/div>\n
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People like to be seen as helping poor veterans in crisis.<\/div>\n
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Money<\/div>\n
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Most people have a soft spot for pets<\/div>\n
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Money<\/div>\n
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It requires very little actual education or training to claim you have trained a dog as a PTSD companion.<\/div>\n
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Did I mention, Money?<\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, waiting lists for veterans in need of service dogs are long. The process is time-consuming and expensive, costing as much as $30,000 per dog. With the VA refusing to endorse service dogs as a PTSD and TBI treatment \u2014\u00a0awaiting the results of\u00a0its own in-depth study<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 funding is scarce.<\/p>\n

The new Congress should reintroduce and support the\u00a0Pups for Patriots Act<\/a>, which would direct the VA to provide more service dogs, trained to national standards developed in part by American Humane, to veterans afflicted with PTSD and TBI.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, nonprofit groups are doing what they can to fill the void. For instance, American Humane’s\u00a0Pups4Patriots<\/a>\u00a0program finds dogs in need of homes and trains them to become service animals for military veterans struggling with the invisible wounds of war, potentially saving lives at both ends of the leash.<\/p>\n

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Ya, there are countless GoFundMe accounts raising money for PTSD puppies.\u00a0 No dog on the planet is worth $30,000.\u00a0 Getting federal funding for “anecdotal” therapy is nutz.\u00a0 I have just a few other points for Mrs. Ganzert … let veterans take care of veterans and pimp your puppies in some other way.<\/p>\n

PTSD is real, it can be devastating for a select very few to deal with.\u00a0 It is grossly over-diagnosed and its impact on an individual over exaggerated by people who use its victims for their own twisted form of philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Suicide\u00a0rates among veterans have\u00a0been morphed out of context so many times that civilians seem to think we are all on the verge of jumping off a roof…or worse.\u00a0 Pushing nonsense\u00a0like the “22 a Day”\u00a0 quote just adds to the false impression that we are damaged victims of our service to this country.<\/p>\n

There are a far greater number of people in this country that have a severe allergy to dogs than there are PTSD patients that need to prance around with their puppy in public.\u00a0 I watched a woman in her 80’s being hauled out of Lowes in an ambulance because she had a reaction that was caused from her getting a cart that just moments before had some idiots dog in it.\u00a0 I have no doubt that puppies make many people feel better.\u00a0 If its all about making veterans feel better then I think we should pander to the majority of veterans and pass a Strippers4Patriots program.<\/p>\n

I have no idea if\u00a0\u00a0Robin Ganzert is qualified to head such a program.\u00a0 She certainly has that cheesy smile for it.\u00a0 Maybe “MILFS4Militarymen” would work.\u00a0 I could recommend several training facilities for her.\u00a0 Fayetteville and Jacksonville have a few outstanding training\u00a0facilities for veteran feel good programs.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of the American Humane Association (R) and guest attend the Sixth Annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have no idea who the Force Recon Colonel is in this picture.\u00a0 I would love to have a chat with him… I don’t know him.<\/p>\n

She cares so much it hurts to look at her.<\/p>\n

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SOURCE: Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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