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Okay. I was thinking of the morons. But I know they've done studies that
people in nursing homes and other situations like that are helped by
visits from a
therapy dog. Loving something is probably good for most people. Those
capable
of loving, that is. And loving something that appears to love you back.
My next door neighbor lured one of our cats away from us. We had 4 or 5 at
the time, so we didn't mind overmuch. Bill was a nice old guy who really
liked black and white cats. Festus (a veritable mountain of a cat) moved
next door and lived there for almost 20 years. My neighbor only outlived the
cat by a year or so.
We do therapy visits to nursing homes and care homes on a regular basis with
our Rotties. Everyone, dogs included, enjoy these outings.
We were at a therapy hospital for really badly damaged people a while back.
One of our members put a dog in the lap of a lady who had been in a more or
less vegetative state for several years. She reacted to this by starting to
talk again (true story, I saw it myself).
So yeah, I think they do more good than harm, overall.
William Robb
