"Pawsitive Pals" San Diego Hospice Pet Therapy Program

The Pawsitive Pals Pet Therapy Program at San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine (http://www.sdhospice.org/volunteer) has a remarkable way of connecting with patients on a very special level. This video features certified dogs of all shapes, sizes, and breeds who show how they reduce loneliness, depression, stress, and isolation while promoting relaxation and improved morale. Support our life-affirming mission through your gifts of time, talent and treasures. Learn more: http://www.sdhospice.org/san-diego-ho....

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  Pets & Animals

[secretsquirrel677]

Melts your heart. 

[San Diego Hospice]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[Chuckle Cow]

This video is a really great video in showing all the different people that are impacted from animal therapy. This video was a great insight on the people that volunteer and the people that are in the animal therapy programs.

[San Diego Hospice]

Thank you! We value and appreciate our four-legged volunteers and their handlers. Thanks for your comment!

[TheBlueWigglytuff]

This is so beautiful. I miss my dog now--I forgot how happy he always made me feel on the worst of days by just wagging his tail at me.

[San Diego Hospice]

Awww - thank you for sharing your comments with us.

[Amy Dunlea]

Wonderful...Thank You:)



[Anna Mae]

What breed of dog is Lanie?

[antony carrington]

This is just brilliant I am a dog walker and know the power of a dogs love that connection between canine and human is so awesome! This is a great thing your doing!

[Sheryl Magpali]

I'm a critical care nurse and I saw an article in Scrubs magazine that featured another ICU RN with her pet chihuahua that volunteers for the PAC at UCLA. I knew it was a sign because I had just gotten my son a chihuahua puppy for his birthday last November. He is the sweetest most playful dog ever and I can't wait to enroll him in an assisted therapy program! It will be an excellent opportunity for them to both my son and our dog!

[tokega]

This is what I would do if money was no object...

[Lauren Hampton]

I wish i could do this with my dog. he'd be good at it.

[Craig Smith]

If you want to learn more about how to engage your dog at your local hospice you could try visiting palliativepets. Its a non-commercial site that celebrates dogs in hospice care facilities.

[dogterd]

Watching this video made me weep. I share my house with an intact male German Wirehaired Pointer who is more like a primate than a canine. He is a working hunting dog, and is simply too highly strung to be able to sit quietly with patients. He sleeps next to my body, rides in the front seat of my truck, and simply lives to run the fields with me. I know exactly how these owners feel when they see their dogs do something wonderful. Dogs and humans were just made for each other.