Dogs offer unconditional love, acceptance and loyalty, making canines not just popular pets but also the most common animal used in therapy. Therapy dogs can even be effective in virtual interactions, ...

Utah Pet Partners improves human health and well-being with therapy animals. Utah Pet Partners is the Utah affiliate of the national Pet Partners, improving human health and well-being with therapy ...

Music has been a part of human culture since time immemorial. We sing songs when we are happy or when upset. Much like humans, pets hear music around them. Some pet parents don’t realize that music ...

Humans and dogs have had a special bond for centuries. Coming home from a long day to a wagging tail is bound to cheer anyone up. But dogs have proven to be so much more than just pets. Research shows ...

Can music calm dogs? Veterinarians say sound can help reduce stress, anxiety, and restlessness in some dogs. While soft, slow ...

Recently, there has been tremendous growth in the focus on mental health in K-12 education. Children nowadays face various stressors in school (academically and socially), as well as challenges from ...

When Tosha Tharp-Gaitanis incorporated the family pet, a French bulldog named Zoe, to help liven up the occupational therapy exercises prescribed for her son, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, it made a ...

Why is there a dearth of therapy dogs? This is a question that has bothered me for a long time. The usefulness of therapy dogs has been well documented. For example, the newest edition of the Handbook ...