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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTruman The Bulldog Helps Newtown Heal With Hugs
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/12/15/truman-the-bulldog-helps-newtown-heal-with-hugs/It was an excellent impulse. Studies have shown the healing effects of therapy dogs in a variety of settings: nursing homes, childrens wards, cardiac units, psychiatric wards, even with comatose patients. Blood pressure goes down, anxiety levels are reduced, and pain becomes less prominent.
By Saturday afternoon, Truman had given over a hundred hugs; two teen-aged girls stopped crying as they paused to get theirs. Craigin said:
He wants to give them that hug and that seems to be what counts Its the type of thing that people will for that brief second leave the nightmare behind, just to hug him, and thats what I was hoping on, because I dont know what else to do.
By Saturday afternoon, Truman had given over a hundred hugs; two teen-aged girls stopped crying as they paused to get theirs. Craigin said:
He wants to give them that hug and that seems to be what counts Its the type of thing that people will for that brief second leave the nightmare behind, just to hug him, and thats what I was hoping on, because I dont know what else to do.
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Truman The Bulldog Helps Newtown Heal With Hugs (Original Post)
ashling
Dec 2012
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csziggy
(34,137 posts)1. This country needs more Trumans!
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)2. It sure does!
Well said!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)3. Saw a batch of retrievers there on CNN tonight. People said their kids smiled for the first time.
I used to have a therapy dog, and I can tell you it lifts spirits. And people will say things to a dog they would never say to a person. Such wonderful creatures. Their world is full of goodness with so little given them.
easychoice
(1,043 posts)6. "Such wonderful creatures",sooo true...
Yep! Compassion,empathy and bottomless love all in one being...
Dogs just know when we need them,somehow they know...
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)4. Reminds me of something I heard once.
Dogs: Guardians of Happiness
Horses: Makers of Dreams
Cats: Keepers of Magic.
ashling
(25,771 posts)5. That is cool
if you can remember where you heard this, let us know ...
in any event,
remember this:
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Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)9. It was in my College Poetry class.
But for the life of me I can not remember what poem!
sarge43
(28,942 posts)8. May I add one?
Birds: Champions of Freedom
Who's a good dog, Truman. Hug back at ya.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)7. That's beautiful
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)10. How could you look at that sweet doggie face
and not smile?