Wounded Comfort Dogs on the Mend

“They are comfort dogs,” says Jason Glaskey, director of Christian education at Immanuel Lutheran. Jeremiah, Eddie, Olive, and Luther are all part of a special K-9 unit trained by an organization called “Lutheran Church Charities.” Their sole mission is to comfort families and individuals suffering from any type of tragedy or disaster. Today, they’re comforting one of their own. “Our two dogs for our ministry are Louie comfort dog and Jackson comfort dog and both of them were also injured. They received bullet wounds,” says Glaskey. He says Jackson was hit in the ear but is healing nicely. He’ll be back on the job soon. Louie on the other hand, “Louie was shot in the neck and had to have the slug um, surgically removed,” says Glaskey. He says it will be a few weeks before Louie will be back on the scene.