19
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2015
Shelter Dog Adoption
Veterans will choose a dog from the San Antonio Humane Society with the help a Humane Society adoption counselor and study staff and take it home to live with them. The dog will be a pet and not a service dog. Following adoption, Veterans and their dogs will receive eight weeks of free obedience training provided by a veterinarian.
South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
OTHER
VA Office of Research and Development
FED