Human doctors are professionals but even for healthy people like us, every time we visit the clinic, there’s always this sense of worry we have. The doctor dogs from Taiwan, however, are different. Bed-ridden patients have claimed to have their mood improved just by being graced by the presence of a therapy dog. And, every session with a doctor dog is something they look forward to.

The program called Formosa Animal-Assisted Activity and Therapy Association has trained over 500 doctor dogs for more than two decades. Its goal is to provide animal-assisted therapies for children and elders who are receiving rehabilitative treatment.

The association’s chairman, Collier Chang (張泮崇), said, “Concerned with the rising number of abandoned dogs in Taiwan, Shirley Chen (陳秀宜), the founder of the association, also included stray dogs in her training program, giving the animals a second chance to foster a close relationship with humans.”

Source: TAIPEI TIMES

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