Around noon each day, Jay Liesener gets hungiy. But he can't get his own lunch. Paralysed from the waist down and having limited use of his upper body and forearms, Liesener doesn't have the strength to pull open the refrigerator door without flopping forward from the waist. So he calls on Teddy. "Ted, heel," Liesener says in a gentle, firm tone. He has moved his chair near the fridge. Teddy, a big, square-headed black Labrador, crosses the linoleum and sits next to Liesener's chair. "Ted, pull strap." "The dog pulls on the rope-and-rubber strap attached to the refrigerator's handle, opens... Show more

Around noon each day, Jay Liesener gets hungiy. But he can't get his own lunch. Paralysed from the waist down and having limited use of his upper body and forearms, Liesener doesn't have the strength to pull open the refrigerator door without flopping forward from the waist. So he calls on Teddy.
"Ted, heel," Liesener says in a gentle, firm tone. He has moved his chair near the fridge. Teddy, a big, square-headed black Labrador, crosses the linoleum and sits next to Liesener's chair. "Ted, pull strap."
"The dog pulls on the rope-and-rubber strap attached to the refrigerator's handle, opens the door, sticks his big head inside and, with his teeth, gently extracts a bag that holds Liesener"s previously prepared lunch. Teddy carefully sets the bag on Liesener's lap.
A. Teddy illustrates, a new breed of dogs has arrived in the world of health care. Once limited only to guiding the blind, trained dogs are being used in many helpful roles.
Hospitals and nursing homes are using animals called "therapy dogs" to comfort, entertain and de-stress and thereby help heal patients battling a variety
of conditions. (188 words)

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