Facility Dogs in Japan

I watched a news video about facility dogs in Japan. In this video, the focus was on Ivy, a Labrador Retriever born in America, and trained to work with children in hospitals. Ivy works to bring comfort at children's hospitals, as well as help children with physical therapy. I have never before considered how a dog may be used to help children with physical therapy through play, but I could see how effective that may be. Overall, I thought this story was very interesting and cute, and shows how powerful animals can be in certain facilities. I think it is definitely worth a watch.