All in a danea s work; Charlottesville-based group trains animals to help humans

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Valerie Kirkman traded her cane for a Dane. The Albemarle County resident, who is living with multiple sclerosis, leans on her specially trained Great Dane when negotiating sidewalks, stairways, curbs and the brick walkway of the Downtown Mall.

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