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Bob Newton with Alphie, Willie and Toby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Therapy dogs provide joyful distraction<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting ready to go to work tomorrow to see your friends at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Bob Newton tells Alphie, Willie and Toby, his sheepadoodles, as he gets the therapy dogs ready for the next day\u2019s visit to UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs. He\u2019s said it for over eight years and more than 300 visits.<\/p>\n

Newton is a pet therapy volunteer at YVMC and a member of Heeling Friends<\/a>, a local non-profit whose volunteer human and dog teams regularly visit patients and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2014, I was in the waiting area at the hospital and received a visit from one of the teams,\u201d said Newton. \u201cI asked a few questions and thought it might be something I could do. Having retired, I had the time to give something to the community in which I was living.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teams undergo training and temperament assessments to ensure things like alarms, wheelchairs, groups of people and the overall hospital environment don\u2019t startle the dog, or the human. Newton and Alphie passed and soon began their visits. Willie and Toby have since joined the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something about this breed and these dogs, they sense things,\u201d said Newton. \u201cWe rounded a corner once to visit a staff member. There happened to be someone in her office. Alphie walked immediately to the visitor and put his head on her knee. Come to find out, this person had experienced two traumatic events that week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newton connects with the patient care team to find out which patient, or patient\u2019s family members, would like a visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will visit anyone who would like a visit from the dogs,\u201d he said. \u201cOne visit, we were asked to go into, say, room 73. I knocked on the door and introduced myself and Alphie. The patient, a young child, kept screaming, \u2018I don\u2019t want a visit!\u2019 The mother said, \u2018Well, I do.\u2019 I proceeded to talk with the mother while she petted Alphie and wouldn\u2019t you know it, the child started to calm down. The nurse opened the door to check something, but turned and left because the child was so calm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another time, Newton recalled visiting the same patient on a number of hospital stays. He got to know the patient and the patient\u2019s adult daughter, who one day sought Newton out for a visit to her mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a fulfilling moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Registered nurse Hestia Chase is one of many staff members who enjoy seeing four furry paws walk down the hallway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unit is immediately buzzing with excitement,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is such a wonderful program that provides a joyful distraction from the stressful workday. More importantly for our patients, it creates a sense of normalcy or nostalgia for their own pet, however brief, during a vulnerable time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome patients want to talk for a while whereas with others, it\u2019s more of a casual conversation. Sometimes a comment is made and we realize we have a mutual acquaintance or a mutual interest,\u201d said Newton. \u201cIt\u2019s the people here that keep us coming back. We\u2019ve built friendships with the staff and probably do more hugging around here than anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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