Woman reunited with missing therapy dog

RTV6: The Indy Channel ^ | : 05/26/2013 | Indy Channel Staff

[Altariel]

Woman reunited with missing therapy dog Man was caring for dog, saw poster at post office

INDIANAPOLIS - A woman was reunited with her dog that was taken from her car Saturday morning.

Sarah Young said that Martin, a 6-year-old lhasa apso, was taken from her car in the parking lot of a Whole Foods store on 86th Street on Monday.

Young said her father is in a nursing home and Martin had become her father’s therapy dog.

[Chode]

Ashley Judd??? never mind...

[Altariel]

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[Joe 6-pack]

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[Jack Hydrazine]

What exactly is a therapy dog? Are they really legitimate or just a scam?

[eaglescout1998]

Here’s a link to an earlier report:

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/woman-desperate-for-help-after-fathers-therapy-dog-stolen-from-her-car

At the risk of sounding like an arrogant prick, she left the dog inside a car while she went shopping. I don’t know what the current temperatures are in Indiana, but it’s getting warmer. The poor thing probably managed to exit the car on its own to escape the heat. Even with the windows cracked, it gets hot inside a parked car.

[Ditter]

I don’t know what you have heard but therapy dogs are real. They are dogs (and owners) who have been certified to be gentle and non aggressive. They go to convalescent homes, hospitals, etc. and visit with the people who are stuck there for weeks, months or the rest of their lives (hospice). One of my dogs is a certified therapy dog with Faithful Paws in Houston. Our visits cheer people up and we receive lots of “thank you’s” for our visits, both from patients and staff.

[verga]

A lhasa apso is not a therapy dog, it is a dust mop with out a handle. Cockers and Cocker Shitzu mixes are therapy dogs. J/K

Glad to hear she got him back but have to wonder how long she left him in the car.

[expat1000]

Shih Tzu? They have the temperament of a cat! ;-) Now what could make a better therapy dog than a big, cuddly, lab?

Tessa, four year old Labrador retriever gives a little kiss during the read to a therapy dog program at the South Brunswick public library in South Brunswick on Thursday, February 21, 2013. Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger

[verga]

Due to allergies I can't have dogs that shed. So we have a Cocker and a Cocker Shitzu mix named Noiree.

When my mother in law had a stroke Noiree would jump up on her lap and just let get pet her as long as she wanted. When Gert began PT Noiree would walk right next to her almost like she was guarding a puppy.

It got so that every time we visited her we had to take the dog because that was the first thing she asked about.

[expat1000]

Verga, you know I was just ragging you a bit, eh?

I used to raise Shih Tzus and love them a lot. They are great dogs. I did find that mine were all quite independent in that they dictated when they would play or interact with us. Still, they were wonderful friends. My last one passed when she was just short of 20 years old.

[verga]

I do know. and I do love Labs. a friend of mine had 5-6 at once. They wee the most loving and protective animals you ever saw. Anyone came in the yard and those dogs got between the stranger and my friend's daughter until my friend or his wife told them it was okay.