Service Dog Helps Carry Oxygen

The "Today" show did a piece this morning about 3-year-old Alida Knobloch, who suffers from a rare lung disease and needs to be on constant oxygen. Her parents attempted to let Alida be a normal toddler, but found the portable oxygen tank to be too large and heavy to allow her much movement.

The Knobloch's solution was to adopt Mr. Gibbs, a golden doodle trained as a service animal. Mr. Gibbs wears a special harness that carries Alida's oxygen tank and he stays beside the active toddler during the day - running, swinging, sliding, and wrestling. At night, Alida is hooked up to a stable tank and Mr. Gibbs gets a well-deserved break.

http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/21/10780622-girls-best-friend-is-dog-who-carries-her-oxygen.