AURORA, Colo. — There’s a new “MD” on staff at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and he comes highly trained, with a very special set of skills — as long as you can forgive the occasional drooling!
Saunders, a 2-year-old black Labrador-golden retriever mix, has joined the hospital’s Medical Dogs Program to provide therapeutic support for young patients. He will work full time at the hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, as well as other areas of the hospital. He joins his human partners, Regan and Abbey, who work as child life specialists.
“He’s very perceptive into how a patient and a family are feeling,” said Regan Muth, one of Saunders’ handlers. “I feel like he’s really good about understanding when someone is especially having a hard day and meeting them where they’re at, giving them a little extra love.”…