Nursing Home Residents Are So Excited To See Their Favorite Dog Through The Window | The Dodo

This therapy dog brings nursing home residents so much love by visiting them outside their windows

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for some of these patients Tonka's visit is really all they have just looking through the window it's very moving and I still get emotional tanka visits this particular nursing home once a week we stay around two hours or so we received notice that the nursing home was no longer accepting visitors what can we do you know at a time of disaster there's this feeling in need if I need to but I want to do something I want to do something more you know what what can we do and you have to try to be creative I came up with the idea I used to work in a hospital Cancer Center and there was an isolation unit which was separated by a glass window and believe it or not that came to me I thought well that's safe got clearance from administrator and I thought what a cool idea [Music] they're gonna be so excited you know obviously they can't really hear us through the window I thought well I must make a sign also and a big one so they can see they can't miss him there was a sign that one of them made for us and it said we miss you Tonka that was very very special Tonka I knew had a purpose because he's just so well adjusted and nonreactive not every dog can do the work that he does but it definitely knows he's working and he looks at me for for approval [Music] it's nice to be the bright spot with all of the scary stuff going on right now because at least for that moment they knew we were there for them like comment and subscribe