When 4 year-old Lucus Hembree was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, an incurable disease that causes severe neurological damage, his family searched long and hard to find him a service dog. When they were told one of the dogs would cost as much as 15,000 dollars and Lucas wasn’t a good match, they refused to give up. This is when they came across Juno, ...an abandoned Belgian Malinois who was only days away from being euthanized at a shelter in East Tennesse.
Lucas isn’t expected to live past the age of 15 and may be in a vegetative state by the time he is eight. Realizing that every moment is extra precious, Chester and his wife, Jennifer, want their son to experience as much as he can while he still has the capacity to enjoy it.Lucas' dad, Chester, knew Juno was a special dog right from the start, he trained Juno to be a service dog with Lucas (he previously trained police k-9s). Lucas and Juno took to each other like kindred spirits.Since then Juno has saved Lucas several times
Lucas page:https://www.facebook.com/
— with Ellen Kaplan
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