Therapy Dogs

Lucky Malloy (from Des Moines, IA) and Buddy Roe Stafford (from Macon, GA) and are official therapy dogs.  They are good-natured dogs who love people and are very well behaved.  (For example, they cannot eat off the floor because of medicine that could have been dropped.  Imagine a dog that can walk down a hall littered with tempting treats and NOT eat any of them).  Buddy Roe visited the nursing home this week and Lucky works with children with special needs most weeks.  These two dogs radiate love.  They are the creme de la creme of pets.

Just having a pet to love makes people feel better-- and the animals loved being loved.  My dog loves me.

But, on the other hand, Raggs is not on the fast track to being a therapy dog.  However, my pup brings me great joy.  Raggs is a silly boy.  He's full of fun.  This morning he didn't want to get out of bed....too chilly.  He would like me to fix scrambled eggs for him for every meal-- with a side of bacon.  Dog food is, well, for dogs.  A choice treat for him is raiding the litter box!

Another dog that I admire is Russ....or UGA IX.  During football season, Russ is my therapy dog.  I can be having a so-so day and watching Russ just makes me smile.  Russ seems like one of "us".  He's not completely white, but he's completely dog.  I like how he flops on top of his ice.  I laugh when he rolls on his back.  Russ seems to have a good balance of being a nationally known mascot and being a pet.  I love how he kept being the substitute UGA for so long, he was given a shot at the big job.

Be it dog or dawg-  animals love their masters and bring unconditional love to many by just being, dogs!