War Veteran Has A Panic Attack During An Interview. Watch The Service Dog…

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 512

Erick Scott, a veteran who served in Iraq, knows first-hand what it’s like to suffer from PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder – a mental health condition triggered by experiencing or seeing a terrifying event).

PTSD is also sometimes known as shell shock or combat stress, occurs after experiencing severe trauma or a life-threatening event.

For all too many veterans, it's hard to readjust to life out of the military or getting haunted by unpleasant memories and experiences. Erick was no exception.

To help him combat his anxiety, he was paired with a special service dog, Gumbo. Gumbo's main role was to notify him when he started showing symptoms of PTSD.

Watch the video on the next page to see Gumbo's amazing reaction when Scott gets agitated on camera during an interview. This is incredibly touching to see.

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512 thoughts on “War Veteran Has A Panic Attack During An Interview. Watch The Service Dog…”

  13. Irene N Ron Watt

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    Thanks for sharing your story , hope you are able to see in time a wonderful out come for yourself .Its people like you who have made us feel safe in this at times crazy world. Thank you

  18. Michelle Shaw Samano

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    Iona Rottie Mitchell , I HATE prongs!!!! If a dog truly want to charge/pull, no prong will stop it. I’ve seen dogs on prongs that were so determined to get somewhere or at something/someone and the prong didn’t even phase them. I firmly believe if you invest some quality time in proper training you shouldn’t need those things. I HATE seeing them on puppies!!!

  33. Simon Moore

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    Have you never seen the damage a prong collar can do to a dogs neck? I think the question is justified. It’s an amazing video and with a friend that has PTSD it bought a tear to my eye.

  39. Barbara Monroe

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    There are correct training tools for every situation if the people know how and when to use them correctly. If you think every single prong collar does that to every single dog, you need to do more research. If someone uses a piece of equipment incorrectly, it can definitely cause problems but that doesn’t mean it’s not a valuable piece of equipment.

  40. Caitlin Lewis

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    That injury resulted from a dog being neglected on a chain with a prong collar. Exact same result of it with a choke chain, flat collar, or even harness. What does that mean? Injury is caused by incorrect USE by the consumer. NOT the product itself. Abuse can be done with tie outs, crates, out door housing, leashes, dog food even, toys, ect. Abuse is done by IGNORANT HUMANS. not inanimate objects.

  45. Amanda Jane Conard

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    She’s beautiful! I was given a dog 8 months ago. I have severe depression, and anxiety/panic attacks. She is not an official therapy dog, but I never knew how much I needed her until I got her! She has saved my life!!!

  49. Jerry Dana Frech

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    Amanda Jane Conard , doesn’t matter, to you she is and that’s all that matters. Dogs have a way of talking to you that no therapist with three degrees can. I love dogs so so so much!

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