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Thank, Dog! Comfort dogs give solace to those grieving (Boulder) King Soopers deaths
University of Colorado Boulder student Ashley Schoenbauer walked down the long Boulder King Soopers memorial on Friday to pay her respects and came across a golden retriever wearing a vest that read, “Please pet me.”
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/28/boulder-shooting-comfort-dogs/
It was a dose of comfort in a week that commodity had been in very short supply, for many in Boulder and along the Front Range.
Following the mass shooting which claimed 10 lives at the Table Mesa grocery store on Monday, multiple organizations, some flying across the nation, have come to Boulder to help the local community with the unique solace provided by emotional support dogs.
Redeemer Lutheran Church of Fort Collins is part of the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, and has shown its support this week with its two golden retrievers, Cubby and Devorah.
The nationwide program, launched in 2008, aspires to “Bring the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need,” said Bonnie Fear, who described herself as “the top dog” for Cubby, and the LCC K-9 crisis response coordinator.
The comfort dogs typically visit schools, hospitals, senior living facilities and deploy to locations facing crises, Fear said.
The comfort dogs have received lots of training to provide emotional support to those who need it. The dogs know 40 commands, and some are trained to reach up to a hospital bed or put their front paws on someone’s lap if they are in a wheelchair, Jody Lockwood, “top dog” for Devorah, explained.
“Everything is about letting people pet them, hug them and get some comfort from them,” she said.
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/28/boulder-shooting-comfort-dogs/
It was a dose of comfort in a week that commodity had been in very short supply, for many in Boulder and along the Front Range.
Following the mass shooting which claimed 10 lives at the Table Mesa grocery store on Monday, multiple organizations, some flying across the nation, have come to Boulder to help the local community with the unique solace provided by emotional support dogs.
Redeemer Lutheran Church of Fort Collins is part of the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, and has shown its support this week with its two golden retrievers, Cubby and Devorah.
The nationwide program, launched in 2008, aspires to “Bring the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need,” said Bonnie Fear, who described herself as “the top dog” for Cubby, and the LCC K-9 crisis response coordinator.
The comfort dogs typically visit schools, hospitals, senior living facilities and deploy to locations facing crises, Fear said.
The comfort dogs have received lots of training to provide emotional support to those who need it. The dogs know 40 commands, and some are trained to reach up to a hospital bed or put their front paws on someone’s lap if they are in a wheelchair, Jody Lockwood, “top dog” for Devorah, explained.
“Everything is about letting people pet them, hug them and get some comfort from them,” she said.
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Sorry, that just made me crack up. 
They are angels from heaven, though. I love them dearly. 
They can heal your heart like nothing else can. I wish you all the best. 
