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UConn again bringing in therapy dogs for finals week
The New Haven Register ^
| May 1, 2016
| unattributed, AP
Posted on 05/01/2016 11:01:35 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
STORRS >> The University of Connecticut is providing its students with therapy dogs to help relieve the stress of final exams.
The dogs will be available for petting at the schools Homer Babbidge Library from Monday afternoon through Friday afternoon.
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The school says it is keeping the dogs in a space that wont impact students with allergies who may also need to use the library.
(Excerpt) Read more at nhregister.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: finals; snowflakes; stress
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To: BillyBonebrake
I think this is goofy. Not the dog Goofy. Wouldn’t it be more cost effective to simply provide them old 1950s cartoons. I know that those cartoons used to make me feel better.
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posted on
05/01/2016 12:36:57 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(~~Go Trump, GO!~~ Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍)
To: BillyBonebrake
Whatever happened to the more traditional forms of collegiate stress reduction- carousing and alcoholism? It always worked for me.
/slightly_sarc>
CC
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:19:37 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: BillyBonebrake
I think it's a great idea.
Who doesn't like the unconditional love you get from a dog ?
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:29:37 PM PDT
by
onona
(Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
To: BillyBonebrake
The dogs will do better on the finals than the snowflakes.
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:36:35 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: BillyBonebrake
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:43:29 PM PDT
by
x
To: BillyBonebrake
Therapy dogs go all kinds of places. My dog and I just got home from a convalescent home where we visited with a bunch old old sick people. These people are stuck there until they die of sadness and loneliness.
The dogs cheer them up and most of them appreciate our visits. The staff always tells us we lift everyone’s mood.
On Tues we are going to a university to give the students a break from studying for finals. I don't see a problem with any of that.
I am in Houston not Conn BTW.
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:46:25 PM PDT
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: BillyBonebrake
Our organization is called Faithful Paws.
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:53:18 PM PDT
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: BillyBonebrake
LOL.
I’ll bet these UConn students would be fun to watch if Trump’s name were chalked into their campus sidewalks.
5.56mm
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:56:17 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: BillyBonebrake
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posted on
05/01/2016 1:59:08 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Bible prophesy comes true ... Hillary Benghazi Clinton is the "Whore of Babylon")
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Amphetamines? Of course, as an English major, I never found finals week to be particularly stressful.
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posted on
05/01/2016 2:04:23 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: BillyBonebrake
I went 20 years between having dogs. I filled the interim getting dog therapy from every canine I encountered along the road through life.
To: Trailerpark Badass
“Amphetamines?”
Finals week vitamins.
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
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posted on
05/01/2016 2:53:21 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
How in the H*ll did we survive finals week?I figured if I hadn't learned it by finals week, I wasn't going to. We had marathon Spades and Hearts games that week.
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posted on
05/01/2016 3:40:43 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: The Continental Op
Wait.....didnt people used have something called friends and family to help them out in times of difficulty?Friends are the 8932 strangers on your Facebook where hugs have been reduced to a texted ((hugs))!!! There is no need these days for actual human contact.
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posted on
05/01/2016 3:46:24 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: The Continental Op
friends are also having exams
family is off at home
the adopt a dog folks will do anything for a little publicity
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posted on
05/01/2016 3:49:54 PM PDT
by
Thibodeaux
(leading from behind is following)
To: BillyBonebrake
What ever you do, don’t blame the dogs.
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posted on
05/01/2016 4:31:31 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Ditter
What a pathetic wimp-pandering world.
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posted on
05/01/2016 5:01:44 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: tbw2
If your coworker has a prescription for the therapy dog from a mental health professional, it would probably be a violation of the ADA for your company to bar the dog from its premises. That’s how far down the lunacy trail we have come.
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posted on
05/01/2016 5:19:43 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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