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obsessed with dogs
For three years, in his role as a therapy dog, Emmett visited with a group of kids who were residents at a mental health hospital near town. Once a week, we’d spend an hour with 15 kids aged 8 to 11. They snuggled him, hugged him, kissed him, requested trick after trick after trick. He …
I rarely write about Emmett’s therapy dog work. I should. It’s wonderful and touching and fulfilling. It’s also a little draining – for me, not him. That might be why I don’t write about it, I suppose. In addition to reading at the library and other public-education events, Emmett works with a group of children …
Every other Friday, Emmett and I participate in the pet therapy program at a mental health facility near our town. We primarily work with the children who live at the facility and fall between the ages of 6 and 13 or so. Occasionally we’ll spend time with the younger or older groups, but there’s a …
