Funeral Homes using comfort dogs

[Lisa]

I love this idea. Fyi...http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/funeral-homes-increasingly-using-dogs-to-comfort-mourners/ar-BBl8ByT

[Jess]

Therapy dogs for emotional situations is a cause very near and dear to my heart. LH had been lobbying for this at the company we worked at to compliment the existing onsite EAP counseling. He had a very difficult job that was emotionally taxing (child pornography/abuse investigations) and had stumbled upon therapy dogs at a conference he attended that were there for the attendees to love on after sessions due to how taxing just talking about the work was.

 

He always said there were two things he wanted to do in order to be able to leave the company feeling he had left a legacy- 1. Get the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children listed on the round up for charity and 2. Have an onsite therapy dog for him and the people that reported to him. After he passed unexpectedly, when HR or anyone high up enough in the company to matter called, I would push these two things. Both happened.

 

I am a huge believer in therapy dogs and how much they can help where words cannot. I am so happy any time I hear of a different application for them. Thank you so much for sharing. I wish the funeral home I used had this.

[Max2507]

I think its a great idea. Love therapy animals. I wouldn't have made it without my pets and animal pics and videos online. It would have been a great experience to go to the funeral home and had a therapy dog there.