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Monica Hoefer with Holly the lagotto. teaches dog-handling skills to people before they get their service dog. "So they know what to do with dog, how to handle situations," she said. "Then we work with them to make sure the dog achieving what they want." She spoke about a non-verbal young girl

she'd been working with. She couldn't hold onto the lead when they started but can now walk for an hour. She'd just started saying a few words. "We're going out to public places," she said. "We're tackling as a family their day to day challenges so they can live their lives."

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Mount Evelyn resident Monika Hoefer is helping people to get the most out of life through assistance dogs. She's a trainer with Dogs for Life, which head trainer Yariv Ben-Yosef started. He came to Australia about seven years ago and set up the organisation to train dogs to meet therapeutic goals. He has almost 30 years' experience in the field. The pooches form lasting partnerships that improve quality of life, enhance independence and facilitate increased participation in society. "People come to us from all over the world," Mr Ben-Yosef said. He said the task the dog would need to perform determined the training time required. Detector dogs for epilepsy need an intensive two-year training course, then another year of training with their patient. Guide dogs need three years of training, autism dogs 18 months to two years, and dementia dogs five years. Dogs for Life also works with the defence department on dogs for service men and women with post-traumatic stress disorder. "Every dog's got different instincts," Mr Ben-Yosef explained. He said Collies were great for patients with Alzheimer's because they had great memories. Golden retrievers can pick up on the molecular changes associated with diabetes. Jack russells can help young children with autism. Mr Ben-Yosef uses only female dogs, because the males have a natural desire to become dominant, and works with the highest quality breeders. Dogs for Life is National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) recognised but dog recipients often need to fund-raise for the $35,000 average cost to get a dog and a two-year support program. When the Mail spoke to Ms Hoefer she was working with a lagotto named Holly. She was speaking with local MPs after a bus drove straight past her because she had a dog with her. She works on educating people about the important role the dogs are playing and the exceptions afforded to service dogs. Ms Hoefer runs schools programs and


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