My first pdoc brought a dog in... and I think is was a English Springer Spaniel ...or something similar. I remember that sometimes his dog would go across the hall while he had certain patients and one would not come back. I remember that I spent time with my bare feet rubbing the Elijah while he slept but ....... I will never ever forget when I was at an emotional time at a vulnerable time of my therapy when I needed to emote a gutteral emotion and the dog got up to comfort me. My T was so proud of the dog.

I needed to emote.... and that I will always remember. The disappointment.... I suppose folks here would say...the disconnect.

Current pdoc said that having the dog was a no no in the psych world. I do not think at this juncture I would want one or have one in the same room. It is a barrier between the patient and the therapist.