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| It doesn't matter big or small, Therapy Dogs give their all! Here is Cora and her little friend Penelope sharing their healing spirit with everyone at Mayo. Research has proven that even a brief encounter with a therapy animal has a profound biological change in the body lasting around 45 minutes. Good endorphins are released blocking stress chemicals. Wow, you don't even have to go to the pharmacy, just reach out and pet a furry friend! |
Cora the Therapy Dog I have been wondering for a while now just "who" the person was that initiated the concept of therapy dogs. Found this article to be quite informative from "Wikipedia" and wanted to share with all of our readers. "During World War II, under combat operations against Japanese forces on the island of New Guinea, Corporal William Wynne came into possession of a young adult Yorkshire Terrier abandoned on the battlefield. He named the female dog Smoky . Smoky accompanied Wynne on numerous combat missions, provided comfort and entertainment for troops, and even assisted the Signal Corps in running a telegraph cable through an underground pipe, completing in minutes what might have been a dangerous, three-day construction job which would have exposed men and equipment to enemy bombers. Smoky's service as a therapy dog began when Corporal Wynne was hospitalized for a jungle disease. As Wynne recovered, Wynne's Army pals br
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