Wherever we visit with our Therapy Dogs, staff, as well as those we come to visit, enjoy spending time with the dogs. I used to visit a mental health unit of an area hospital with my two English Setters Phoebe and Trudi. One therapist told me that his day is so stressful that he loves sitting for a few minutes petting the two dogs. Smiling, he said, I can actually feel my level of stress go down as I keep petting their soft fur. In Coco’s weekly reports, she often writes about school staff members seeking her out for a few moments of peaceful human-canine interaction.
Doctors, nurses, school and college administrators, therapists, and more understand the therapuetic benefit of interacting with a Therapy Dog. They are people who believe in the meaningful work our Therapy Dog Teams do as they make weekly visits to healthcare and educational facilities. The demand continues to increase as advanced research in the benefits of human-canine interaction is on the rise at large universities throughout the United States.