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\"\"<\/a>Teri Kraslavsky and her beautiful Shepherd Monk have been doing pet therapy work for 8+years.\u00a0 The following special visit was at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo in 2010.<\/p>\n

Monk was working at the hospital\u00a0with a man with an inoperable brain tumor.\u00a0 The man was lying on a table in the gym and a therapist was helping\u00a0him with stretching and strengthening exercises as he lay on his back.<\/p>\n

Monk got up on the table and lay down, pressing his body against the man.\u00a0 The man responded to the soft, warm, sturdy presence of Monk gently pressing against his body.\u00a0 You could see the tension leave the man’s body, his face relaxed into a beatific smile.\u00a0 Both of their breathing slowed.\u00a0 Gradually stretching, the man’s range of motion\u00a0increased, and increased, and then increased some more.\u00a0 As he began to do his strengthening exercises, he inadvertently dug his elbow into Monk’s face.\u00a0 Monk didn’t move, in fact, when I checked on him, I realized Monk was asleep.\u00a0 More than their bodies were touching………Monk wrapped him in wordless, tender, accepting protectiveness.<\/p>\n

All of us teared-up, myself, the man’s wife, the therapist….\u00a0 Later, as I was driving home, it occurred to me that when we are at home, and Monk even THINKS I am going to step on his long fur, he cries-out and gets up and leaves the room, yet he was willing to let the man smoosh his face with his elbow.\u00a0 Monk understands his therapy work is sacred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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