justin-glory

Justin Smith, Battalion Chief for the Knoxville Fire Department, and Glory the Crisis Dog recently returned from a trip to Columbus, Ohio. It was a trip that covered nine days and it was to get Glory, a German Shepherd, nationally trained through intense training at the National Canine facility.

Glory is a therapy dog and she is the only crisis therapy dog in Iowa that works with a fire department in the state.

Smith tells KNIA/KRLS News about the trip to Ohio, “Well we were getting our national therapy dog certification for Glory to be able to be used in public to help people.”

Smith said he found out that the training for himself as a handler was just as important as the training for the dog. Part of the training is for the dog and the handler to trust each other.