For its "The Pet Effect Campaign," the organization created parodies of prescription drug commercials encouraging adoption of cats and dogs for relief from a litany of health problems.
And he reported positive comments from employees such as "pets in the workplace can be a great bonus for employee morale", "having dogs here is great stress relief" and "dogs are positive; dogs increase co-worker cooperation". Past research has shown that stress can contribute to employee absenteeism and burnout.
After Sept. 11, Ms. Brand enrolled her dog in disaster relief training and put him through 10 weeks of training so he could be a therapy animal to others as well as herself.
I remember a woman at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston whose job it was to make sure we could pay before they began caring for our cat ($2,600 for liver problems) and later a dog ($1,250 for relief from a sausage that irritated his intestines).
He sneaked upon him unaware, He whacked him here, he whacked him there, He whacked with all his might and main, He made him howl and dance with pain, Until, o'ercome by woe and grief, The dog, desiring some relief, Did bite that brutal boy full sore, Which made the latter prance and roar, And them the dog did grab the whip, And with it homeward he did skip.
Android And finally, for some light relief... Dog Click is an app from South Korea that's essentially Instagram for dog owners – an app for sharing photos of your pet pooch, with the added feature that it can make "sounds that may get your dog's attention and make them look at the camera".
Front-page headlines from The New York Times included "Nome Relief Dogs Speed 192 Miles," "Serum Relief Near for Stricken Nome," and "Blizzard Delays Nome Relief Dogs in the Final Dash".
The Cambridge Student and other media reported the stress-relief dog was too stressed by the role and was "retired" after just one day.
