Thomas does not have the career we originally thought he would...While in college, he had a change in majors...he did not like wearing his leather guide dog harness, so he career changed to the Veterans Service dog major, where he branched off and went into a Facility Therapy Dog Major!
As a Facility Therapy Dog, Thomas has been assigned to work in the Joint Intelligence Center (JIC) at United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Thomas lives and works primarily with his trained handler Brooke, but does rotate throughout the JIC so that he can work with other trained dog handlers in order to provide comfort and general happiness to the military members and civilians. Thomas was been specifically chosen and trained by Southeastern Guide Dogs to work as a Facility Therapy Dog because he had the outgoing and empathetic qualities that they strive for. Thomas has a wonderful, peaceful demeanor, affectionate mannerisms, and welcomes interaction from strangers.
We are super excited about Thomas' career as he was named for a Veteran who served our country, fought in WWII as an Army Air Corp Navigator...survived WWII and volunteered to fly a relief mission over Hiroshima the day after WWII ended. It was during this mission, Thomas lost his life when his plane, that was flying low dropping relief packages, encountered a fog bank and went down. This 2 legged, human Thomas, was my Dad's Father. My Dad Thomas, was 4 days shy of turning 3 years of age when his Dad was killed.
What a fitting job for our boy Thomas! Needless to say, we are extremely proud of our boy!!!
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| Thomas! |
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| Thomas and an F4Phantom on MacDill AirForce Base |
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| Thomas and his "Mom" Brooke. |
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| This is the picture that Southeastern Guide Dogs takes of our pups in harness. |
