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Canterbury Court resident Jackie Lynn enjoys her breakfast
in the company of Ranger and his handler, Dave Frew.
Pooch puts smiles on
faces of total strangers
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He’s 10 years old and he works like
a dog.
Actually, Ranger is a dog, remarkable
in certain ways.
He’s a tri-color Llewellin English set
ter with a heartwarming disposition.
He’s also a certified therapy dog with a
resume that continues to expand.
He has consoled victims of disaster
through HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis
Response (AACR), the Federal Emer
gency Management Agency, and the
American Red Cross. He works as a
Happy Tails comfort dog, and he’s been
an inspiration to veterans of the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars.
All on a volunteer basis.
“He lets me know when it’s time to
do more work,” said his Sandy Springs
human companion and handler, Dave
Frew. “He’ll go to the closet, fetch his
working bag and take it to the door.”
Frew lost his wife, Stephanie, to can
cer four years ago, but her spirit lives on
in Ranger. Stephanie first experienced
the wonders of working dogs as she un
derwent treatment. She wanted to give
back. She got Ranger, they got certi
fied training together, and they provid
ed comfort to others while she struggled
with her own health.
“Stephanie had one final wish. She
asked me to pledge that I would get cer
tified to handle Ranger and share his
love with others, not just in chemother
apy clinics, but also in home hospices,
hospitals, funeral homes, and rehabilita
tion and assisted-living facilities,” Frew
said.
Nancy Sisson, vice president of Hap
py Tails, recalls when Dave and Rang
er were evaluated. “Ranger had already
passed the test with Stephanie, but had
to pass again with Dave. They did beau
tifully. I don’t think there was a dry
eye among us. We knew what that day
meant to Dave ... and to Ranger.”
And so a new incarnation of the
‘Frew Crew’ began.
“We put smiles on the faces of total
strangers. It’s been a calling, like carry
ing on her ministry,” Frew said.
One recent morning, Dave and
Ranger teamed up to visit residents at
the Canterbury Court seniors complex
in Buckhead.
“Ready to go to work?” Frew asked.
Ranger perked up, wagged his tail,
champing at the bit.
Ranger mingled with a group of la
dies, giving each some one-on-one at
tention and showing off his obedient re
straint, awaiting the “OK” command
before eating a treat Dave set on his paw.
Then Ranger and Dave saw some folks
in their rooms.
Jackie Lynn was just finishing her
breakfast in bed. Ranger doted on her, a
bit distracted perhaps. “He doesn’t love
me, he loves my eggs,” Lynn said joking
ly. As the duo left, she hollered: “You
come back soon. Woof-Woof!”
Mary Lynn Morgan recognized how
therapeutic Ranger‘s drop-in was to her.
As a former dentist, she often had a dog
sit beside her child patients during ap
pointments, just to help relax them.
“You’re so beautiful,” she said to
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