Nursing the End of a Leash

Thank you for yet another smooth masterpiece, CheesePotato!

Absolutely wonderful......(happy sigh).......you have such an incredible imagination. Great story, CP!

As always, such comments fill me with humble gratitude and quiet the rioting voices....for now. ~~CP~~

Great piece of writing!

I have worked at one facility that have specific pet visitation for the general population. I had an order once that stated...."Dog to visit stat!".....When I could walk......I did pet visitation with my beautiful weimy. She was a huge hit at Childrens...... I do miss it.

I wish my dog was calmer so I could have him be a pet therapy dog. I would love to do that one day. I am happy that my hospital does pet therapy. It is great when it makes the pateints smile. Heck I like it too.

Still wiping tears away. Pet therapy is a wonderful thing. Maybe I'll do that next.

We have a small herd (no pun intended) of animals that visit our patients. They do a wonderful job interacting with the patients--and they with them.

Great article. My ER has a pet therapy dog who comes in a couple of times a week. The patients and families love him. What is also nice is his handler understands the staff also benefits from pet therapy so we get interaction too. And the dog knows us well so we get the big tail wag and head butts (I might actually be the only one who knocks heads with him).

I was owner and handler of a licensed therapy dog for 12 years. He was a big, brindled, boxer/hound mix. He passed away in 2009 after many years of service to SNF residents & kids with cancer. He was SO calm and SO quiet, one of my friends nicknamed him "Coma." He often fell asleep in patient's beds or on top of their feet. Nothing fazed him - seizures, call lights, code alarms, children trying to ride him or pull his tail, demented residents yelling, med carts rolling. He was absolutely calm and affectionate, always, and happy to lick away tears or put a paw on a shaky leg. Losing him soured me on owning another dog for a long time. Thank you for writing this. It's raining on my face.

So sweet!

Absolutely, the staff and handler benefit greatly. Before Kid worked to heal others, she first healed me. P.S. To those who asked, yes you may, of course, share any of my ramblings in any way you choose. It is always an honor and a pleasure.