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snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:19 PM Mar 2012

Someone call the dog-tor: Ralf the giant Schnauzer something of a miracle worker

With his shaggy coat and floppy tongue, the dog has gained a reputation as something of a miracle worker since joining Royal Children's Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia.

The selfless pooch walks the wards and looks in on his young patients every Monday. He even sits with some during gruelling chemotherapy therapy sessions.

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Claire's mother, Marie McPhee, told of her amazement when her daughter stood up and walked of her own accord when Ralf came into the room.

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'I'm lost for words. In a way, I can't believe it.'




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118299/Miracle-pooch-Giant-Schnauzer-gives-hospital-children-new-leash-life.html#ixzz1pmgvwrjC






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Someone call the dog-tor: Ralf the giant Schnauzer something of a miracle worker (Original Post) snagglepuss Mar 2012 OP
What a sweetie - LibertyLover Mar 2012 #1
An animal's love is always good medicine. hifiguy Mar 2012 #2
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
2. An animal's love is always good medicine.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:38 PM
Mar 2012

They always care and never judge. A good example for the rest of us.

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