Joy Unleashed: The Story of Bella, the Unlikely Therapy Dog

✍ Scribed by Baur, Jean

• Book ID: 108883143
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 3 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781510702400

✦ Synopsis

In 2007, Mary Eldergill, a volunteer member of Amigos de Los Animales (Friends of the Animals), discovered a group of newborn puppies on Dead Dog Beach in Puerto Rico. Mary rescued and rehabilitated them and, three months later, they flew to Newark, New Jersey, to be placed in their forever homes.
Jean Baur and her husband adopted one of Mary's rescues--a dog named Bella--and opened her Pennsylvania home to her new best friend. Just as Jean enrolled Bella in certified therapy-dog classes, she lost her job at the age of sixty-five. This new work, visiting hospital patients with her therapy job, gave Jean hope and a new purpose in life.
After moving to Connecticut, Bella's work expanded to nursing homes and elementary schools, as well as local hospitals and cancer centers. She met an Alzheimer's patient who learned to smile again after Bella took a treat from her hand. She also befriended a six-year-old boy with autism (who previously held a deep fear of dogs)...