Canine assistants provide independence

Tim Lichner(center) gets acquainted with Flower during a training camp at Canine Assistants in Milton. The Canine Assistants program is a non-profit organization, which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities and other special needs. Training camp takes course over a two-week period and consists of the recipients being matched up with their new assistance dogs and being trained to work them. Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com
