Surfer dog teaches disabled people and veterans to ride on US beaches (Photo)

The American Golden Retriever surfs and helps people. It would seem, what is the use of his skills? But the dog Ricochet teaches children with disabilities, war veterans and simply sick people who need psychological help to surf.

For six years, Ricochet has helped hundreds of people. He intuitively approaches them and instills in them faith in recovery. And, most interestingly, a miracle sometimes happens - there were cases of remission, confidence in the future came, anxiety disappeared.

Ricochet teaches everyone to surf. Becoming the first on the board at 14 months, he literally rooted to it. He is rarely seen running on the lawns. Ricochet prefers water and surfboards.

Ricochet is especially sensitive to autistic children and military men with post-traumatic syndrome. Moreover, many of them were afraid of water before meeting this unusual surfer. The dog helps them fight panic attacks.

Ricochet has a calming effect on war veterans. As it turned out, dog, water and sports are good remedies for PTSD.

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