SEATTLE — Jenny McCoy, a local bookstore clerk with deep anxiety over climate change, reportedly transferred so much of her own trauma over to her emotional support dog that her emotional support dog had to get an emotional support dog.

Flash, a Jack Russell terrier that McCoy received from local nonprofit Canine Support, had begun experiencing nervous ticks and depression as a result of PTSD developed while emotionally supporting his owner. McCoy, concerned for her dog, took him to the vet, where he was prescribed his own support animal, a dachshund named Stick.

"Flash was suffering from emotional outbursts, probably also due to climate change," McCoy said. "And the only way I knew to help him was to make sure the vet authorized an emotional support dog for my emotional support dog. Now

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