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How do therapy dogs enrich the community?

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A wealth of research has proven that therapy dogs make important impacts on those individuals they visit. A therapy dog is a pet dog that has been trained to be obedient, calm, and comforting. Therapy dogs visit people in nursing homes, hospitals, and hospice. They sometimes help motivate elementary student having trouble reading and they can bring a piece of home to college students missing their families. Therapy dogs have also been used in funeral homes to help comfort people grieving and in courts to help reduce stress for victims before testifying. Research shows that spending 5-15 minutes with a friendly dog reduces stress, improves your mood, and decreases pain. These changes are caused by a biological change that happens with you spend time petting a friendly dog -- stress hormones like cortisol drop and pain-relieving compounds like endorphins increase. Wagging tails truly do have healing power so that time spent with a therapy dog truly improves health -- science proves it!

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