For more than two years, Wallis Brozman and her service dog, Mork, developed a close bond as he helped her navigate her world.
Brozman, who uses a manual wheelchair, has for 15 years benefited from the help of service dogs like Mork − named for the classic 1970s sitcom “Mork & Mindy” − to get around, retrieve small items, open doors and do other daily tasks that would otherwise prove difficult. And as a communications and advocacy coordinator for Canine Companions, Brozman brought along Mork, a golden retriever and Labrador mix, as she traveled the country to do education and advocacy work for service animals.
But Brozman’s time with the pooch became marred by a series of dog attacks on Mork that eventually led to his being taken out of service altogether.
