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<\/a><\/p>\nTake time out from the end-of-semester pressure to meet a dog who has seen the worst, emerged triumphantly, and gives back to hospitals, schools, libraries, churches and colleges on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Date<\/strong>:\u00a0Tuesday,\u00a0 December 11, 2018 Stella came to expert handler Cydney Cross in 2013 following one of the largest animal cruelty raids in U.S. history in Montgomery, Alabama.\u00a0 Many of these animals went on to become therapy dogs, law enforcement dogs, and beloved family pets. Stella is both a family pet and a therapy dog, certified through Therapy Dogs International and the American Kennel Club\u2019s Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program. Cydney Cross was\u00a0 selected by WTEN News 10\u00a0as an Inspirational Woman of the Capital Region and is an adjunct professor in SUNY Cobleskill\u2019s Animal Science Department and teaches therapy dog training. Her passion project is a pit bull rescue program, \u201cOut of the Pits,\u201d\u00a0that has over 50,000 followers on Facebook. She teaches dog training classes at Scotia\u2019s Animal Protective Foundation and was a consultant to authorities and animal behaviorists following the 2007 Michael Vick case. Nationally renowned, she is a skilled and humble educator.<\/p>\n Come meet this legendary lady and her docile, gentle canine, Stella!<\/p>\n For more information contact: <\/p>\n Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:29:32 +0000 by\u00a0v.waldin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Take time out from the end-of-semester pressure to meet a dog who has seen the worst, emerged triumphantly, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTime<\/strong>: 12 noon to 1 p.m.
\nLocation<\/strong>:\u00a0Troy Savings Bank\u00a0Charitable Foundation\u00a0Atrium in the
\nDwight Marvin Library Learning Commons
\nStella will meet visitors in a designated area of the library cafe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nAnne Rappaport<\/strong>
\na.rappaport@hvcc.edu<\/a>, MRV 130, (518)629-7322
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\nVal Waldin<\/strong>
\nv.waldin@hvcc.edu<\/a>, MRV 141, (518) 629-7319<\/p>\n