Comfort Dogs Help Residents Cope With School Shooting Tragedy

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Comfort Dogs Help Residents Cope With School Shooting Tragedy

12-24-2012, 08:57 PM

Comfort dogs help ease pain of mourning Newtown community

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/comfort-dogs-helping-ease-pain-sandy-hook-tragedy-article-1.1222295

A pack of sympathetic groups bearing supportive canines spent much of Monday with bereaved Connecticut residents affected by last week’s Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, providing child…

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12-27-2012, 04:21 AM

The pictures are all of Golden Retrievers. I love this breed (owned one for many years and loved her to death), but talk about perpetuating stereotypes. Normally I wouldn't care but I recently rescued a pit bull mix from the pound and this dog is somewhat intimidating and very obviously guards my 2 year old around strangers but yet is exceedingly gentle with him. (You should see them eating ice cream together...) I guess my point is it would be nice to see some not-so-conventional breeds providing comfort because I suspect dogs from all breeds can perform this task!
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