Therapy dogs parade in costume at Nationwide Children's
More than 20 therapy and service dogs from Butterfly Paws wore costumes and visited patients, families, and staff at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus.
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More than 20 dogs from Butterfly Paws walked the halls of Nationwide Children's Hospital in costume, ABC 6 reported. The group includes therapy dogs and service dogs. Patients, families, and staff were the audience in Columbus.
The parade was a Halloween visit, not a medical treatment. The station's count is the dogs that came, and the people in the hospital who got to see them.
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More than 20 dogs from a group called Butterfly Paws put on Halloween costumes and paraded at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Some of the dogs are therapy dogs, which means they visit people to help them feel calmer. Some are service dogs, trained to help one person with a task. They walked through the hospital so patients, families, and staff could see them. A costume parade is a silly version of a serious job: the dogs still show up for people, and the outfits give everyone something light to look at. The count is more than 20 dogs at this hospital on this visit.
- How can a dog in a costume change the feeling of a hospital hallway?
- What is the difference between a pet that visits and a dog trained to help one person?
- What would a calm dog need before it visited a busy place?
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