Why can't I take my dogs to hospital?!!!

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Great now dogs in hospitals........bad enough they are in grocery stores, retail stores and restaurants.

I'm not talking about real 'service animals'........I mean PETS.

Sorry, well not really........your pets do not belong in the hospital for visitation. Ridiculous.

You are absolutely correct. Random pets do not belong in the health care environment period. No question, they are a wild card with no bases in predictability or reliability.

Certified Therapy dogs (animals) however are an entirely different matter. They are trained and evaluated so that their reactions are "almost" totally predictable under all sorts of strange/different
situations.

These dogs (as well as other animals) work tirelessly and with amazing results in hospitals, rehab units, and extended stay care homes with little notice and hardly any fan fare.

I was fortunate enough to be part of a therapy team with my Brittany for almost 7 years before she became too old to withstand the stress involved while dealing with ill patients.

Her favorite work environments were Pediatrics, Oncology, and ICU. Yes we did occasionally meet animal prejudice but far and away she was accepted with literally open arms as were the others working these units.

Just my opinion
Tinbender