Pet Therapy

Maggie is doing some volunteer work this week. She signed up to be a pet therapist for our friend Keith. Keith's dog Sidney bit him in the face yesterday morning. He called us at 7am and asked John to drive him to the hospital where he got 7 stitches under his right eye, a tetanus shot, and a prescription for antibiotics. He was upset about his face, but even more upset about the fact that he knew that Sidney couldn't be trusted and needed to be put to sleep. Keith made an appointment at the vet last night and John went with Sidney. John sat with him and he died peacefully. Keith was emotionally spent last night. He lives alone and has had Sidney for 11 years after rescuing him from the pound. Sidney has lived with Keith in three different states and sleeps in his bed with him every night. It was obvious to us that Keith didn't want to go home to an empty house last night so John and I volunteered to let him take Maggie home for a while and ease the loss a little. Maggie was thrilled to jump in Keith's car yesterday and get some one-on-one attention from him! I talked to Keith today and he said that Maggie slept in his bed with her face about 2 inches from his. He described her as very loving and we are happy that she is so comforting for him. Maggie is on vacation this week and loving life...I hope that she wants to come home again after Keith finishes spoiling her!