They’re $10,000 dogs, sold to a vulnerable population with the promise of offering safety and protection, but some Minnesota and Wisconsin families who bought in can’t believe what they’ve got.
In the contract, the families were told the dogs would give their kids with special needs some much-needed help. But when WCCO-TV investigated, our search for answers from the company selling the dogs ended in a way you wouldn’t expect.
How can a company get away with this?
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Happy has hardly been trained at all.
Photo via minnesota.cbslocal.com
The Credentials page of Compassionate Paws says they are a member of APDT
https://www.compassionatepaws.org/services/credentials.html
However, when you search APDT using the zip code for Compassionate Paws there are no results for Compassionate Paws or their Director of Training, Vicki Pingel.
https://www.apdt.com/petowners/ts/us/results/default.aspx?zip=54965&dist=25&cert=0