Dog helps woman who sleep walks | 
How do you solve sleep walking problems? Get a dog. At least that’s what Debbie Cooke did.
Cooke has a service dog named McGovern, but she is not physically challenged in any way.
She just sleep walks.
She has walked out of her home during sleep, which is seriously dangerous. That’s why she decided to get McGovern.
Now, before sleeping, she fastens a harness to McGovern and the other end to herself. When she sleep walks, McGovern guides her and even licks her face to wake her up.
“He saved me from getting seriously hurt,” said Cooke. “I got to the point where I was breaking a lot of bones.”
Most of the time, professionals would advise people with particular conditions not to sleep with their pets. However, each case is still subjective. Selected approaches work for some people and don’t work for others.
Cooke credits her improvement to McGovern and Canine Partners for Life, a non-profit organization that trained the dog.
“They changed my life,” comments Cooke. “They gave it back to me.”
Source: MyFoxHouston
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