The LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry is a nationwide ministry that has responded to tragedies across the nation.
On Monday’s edition of “ Closer Look,” dog handlers Peter Amelingmeier and Sherri Booker, who work with the program from their church in Marietta, talked about their golden retriever named Hope’s power to provide comfort, love and joy to just about anyone she comes in contact with.
They said that Hope, who recently responded to the mass school shooting in Nashville, is highly sensitive and knows what to do in the midst of deployment in a crisis situation.
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