Dandy, an 11-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, has been a source of comfort for hundreds of people over the years as a trauma dog with Victim Services Toronto .

Now, the dog’s former handler, Roman Dabrowski, who has worked and lived full-time with Dandy for the past six years, is engaged in a fight with VST and Dandy’s owner over who should keep the retired trauma service dog.

“Neighbours, friends, Sunnybrook Hospital team, everybody sent letters in saying, ‘This is not right and she should stay with Roman,'” Dabrowski told Global News outside Toronto’s Superior courthouse, where he and Dandy supported victims who testified in court over the years.

“And this just spurred me on to say, ‘This is not right. You just can’t take a dog out of a family home and expect the dog to keep wo

See Full Page