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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Animals and Pastoral Care


Yesterday was Red's 2nd visit to a nursing home. He's a bloodhound, 9 months old now, and has been through one training course and is about to start a second. By nature bloodhounds are very friendly, though a little shy. But there's no question about the smiles I see on people's faces when Red comes to visit!

Often it's a great way to get a conversation going. I enjoy hearing stories about pets who played an important part of people's lives and are still vivid in their memories.