I was at the store today when a lady brought in her dog. My legs were tired, so I rested and invited her to go first. She sat her dog down at the side of the room, and I took the second chair away from the dog. The dog looked like a lab/golden retriever mix - really beautiful and behaved. It had the most piercing brown eyes.
The dog kept staring at me, and finally, it got up and placed his neck on my thigh. I kept nudging his neck and patting him on the head. and scratching the back of his ear.
The lady saw the dog and apologized, but it was a-okay with me. I found the dog's company comforting. I told the lady that I thought her dog knew I was recovering from a medical illness.
She said that her sister raises therapy dogs, and although this dog isn't a therapy dog, he has gone into the hospital and visited patients and takes to people right away and has a gentle disposition.
This dog had never seen me before today, and I really felt the comapssion it had for me, a stranger recovering from spinal cord injury.
I don't have a pet, but this epce is a great example that animals can have a positive impact on one's recovery.
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