[News] For Law Students With Everything, Dog Therapy for Stress Black’s Law Dictionary? Check. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning? Check. Small, cute dog? Check. Yale Law School, renowned for competitiveness and its Supreme Court justices, is embarking on a pilot program next week in which students can check out a “therapy dog” named Monty along with the library’s collection of more than one million books. While the law school is saying little so far about its dog-lending program, it has distributed a memo to students with the basics: that Monty will be available at the circulation desk to stressed-out students for 30 minutes at a time beginning Monday, for a three-day trial run. “It is well documented that visits from therapy dogs have resulted in increased happiness, calmness and overall emotional well-being,” Blair Kauffman, the law librarian, wrote in an e-mail to students. The school is not saying what sort of dog Monty is; what happens to him when school is out of session; or how Monty himself may be kept from becoming overstressed with all his play dates. Sebastian Swett, 26, a second-year student at the law school, said he had signed up for a session with the dog, but does not necessarily think that it will relieve all the pressures that come with being a student at Yale. “I don’t think its going to solve anybody’s anxiety problems, but it’s certainly nice to play with a dog for half an hour.” Monty, according to the memo to students, is hypoallergenic and will be kept in a nonpublic space inside the library, presumably away from those who don’t much like dogs. “We will need your feedback and comments to help us decide if this will be a permanent ongoing program available during stressful periods of the semester, for example, during examinations,” the note to students reads. A handful of other universities offer similar services, including the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Yale Law School has kept its dog-lending plan so quiet that some faculty members were not even aware of it. “I’m surprised to hear of it,” said John Witt, a professor who was awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship last year for a project on the laws of war through American history. “I’ve always found library books to be therapeutic. But maybe that’s just me.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/ed...ml?_r=1&src=me |
Poor dog! LOL. |
I think it's great! I wish Dalhousie had a plan like that, mind you I have my own so I wouldn't need it, but that the sole reason I bought Harley. I was stressed out and I knew that when I came home from school I'd not be able to be stressed with a fluff ball licking my face. I have a feeling seeing it is such a prestigious university that they are taking steps to assure the dog's full health and safety. If that isn't true, well then I don't think it's a good idea. |
I think the concept "could" be good for the stressed student and the therapy dog...BUT, I would need to see the "entire" details of this program outlined first before giving my yay or nay. On the fence for now...:animal-pa |
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However in the same breath, if some prisons can also get dogs from pounds to use to rehab prisoners...why not universities at their own expense... Still on the fence until the care and effect on the dog(s) is also defined and determined... |
Can't get the link. I would not let me dog do this for one minute unless I were also present and watching everything that went on during the session. |
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Oh, agreed about the students during finals. Or any person other than a trusted dog-loved friend/family. Still, I would not let my dog do this unless I were present. |
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