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Therapy dogs are trained to provide emotional support and assistance to people in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and disaster response situations. They must be well-behaved, friendly, and calm around people, and able to follow commands reliably.
They also need to be comfortable in a wide range of environments and able to remain focused and attentive to their handler’s needs. Well here’s a video about one such therapy dog, Baxter, who is near the end of his own life but still doing exactly what he was trained to do nearly two decades ago.
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Baxter used to be a service dog. Before his death, this precious pooch was the oldest living service dog in the world at 19 1/2 years old. He spent his life bringing happiness and joy to people, particularly those that were admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
He was almost 2 decades old, but that didn’t deter this amazing pooch from his duty. The video below features a special moment featuring this special dog. Baxter was already a senior dog and was at a point in his life where he was even unable to walk. However, his owner helped him travel from room to room in a wagon. If a patient wanted to spend time with him, he would hang out with them without a complaint.
It’s true, not all heroes wear capes! Watch the full video below and please leave us a Facebook comment to let us know what you thought!
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