WARREN — You might think you are seeing Krypto, the dog from the summer blockbuster movie “Superman,” when you see a small white dog walking around one of the local SCOPE locations. But it is just Snowball.

And similar to Krypto, the Shih Tzu / poodle mix, aka Shih-Poo, in his role as a therapy service dog, is a superhero in his own way.

For the past year and a half, Snowball has visited Trumbull County SCOPE locations, where he greets staff, SCOPE members and guests, and even attends some of the exercise classes.

“Snowball is calm, and he loves people,” said SCOPE Executive Director Mike Wilson.

He and his wife, Bonnie, are Snowball’s human parents.

During the COVID-19 shutdown, Wilson said there was a lot of free time to work with Snowball.

“Snowball, Bonnie and I were evaluated by

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