🧵 Personal Experience: One Neighbor Helping Another 🤝🏽 🐾 Yesterday, right after I got home from my class in Wakefield for caregivers and their loved ones, I heard someone outside yelling, "Wait, wait!" I walked down the steps and saw an older gentleman struggling to catch his small terrier. A contractor working nearby caught the dog and handed him back. 🐶 I thought it was over, but the dog got loose again. The owner was clearly out of breath, and this time cars were coming down the street. The contractor jumped in again and stopped the dog in the middle of the road. That's when I went over to the gentleman. When I offered to walk with him, he said, "I'm ok," but he was clearly stressed and needed a moment to catch his breath. As an EMT-B, his shortness of breath concerned me. 🗣️ So I offered again, just to be there in case the dog got loose, and this time he said ok. As we walked, he needed to pause a few times to catch his breath, and we got to know each other a bit. I learned the