Golden Retriever Comfort Dogs Sent To Newtown CT To Help Heal The Community
Chicagotribune – A team of golden retrievers made an 800-mile journey from the Chicago area to Newtown, Conn., Saturday evening to comfort those affected by the recent school massacre. Lutheran Church Charities deployed about 10 of the canines for residents who want to pet them while they talk or pray with the dog’s handler, said Tim Hetzner, president of the Addison-based organization.“Dogs are non-judgmental. They are loving. They are accepting of anyone,” Hetzner said. “It creates the atmosphere for people to share.” Each dog carries a business card with its name, Facebook page, twitter account and email so those that meet the canine can keep in touch The dogs’ first stop Sunday in Newtown was Christ the King Lutheran Church, which is holding two funerals this week for two children who were slain during the shooting, Hetzner said.“You could tell which ones …were really struggling with their grief because they were quiet,” Hetzner said. “They would pet the dog, and they would just be quiet.” The initiative has grown from a handful of dogs in the Chicago area to 60 dogs in six different states, he said. Since then, the dogs have traveled across the nation to comfort people in the aftermath of major tragedies such as, Hurricane Sandy, and the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo.On Monday, the dogs plan to be with Sandy Hook students for after-school activities, Hetzner said.
What do you do when some madman shoots up an elementary school? When the entire Nation is mourning and second guessing humanity? When the Mayan apocalypse is around the corner? When the Patriots lose? When evil looks like it’s about to triumph over good? What do you do? The only thing you can do at a moment like this. Send in a bunch of Golden Retrievers to comfort those who are suffering. Dogs that are specifically trained to find sad people, look them in the eyes and get pet. No they can’t change the past, but at least they can help people cope with the present. The unspoken bond between humans and dogs once again on full display. Meanwhile the West Baptist Church continues to recruit cats to join their movement of hate and vitriol.
If Golden Retrievers help people smile, you should bring your Mini-Pin down there so people can laugh their asses off.
I would send my Golden down there, but all she’d do is beg the poor kids for snacks. Lol
Did you wake up this morning and wonder how you could fit in a post about dogs into this subject? How will you spin the eventual post about Bieber tweeting his thoughts and prayers?
I heard this morning that the Westboro Baptist Church is planning on doing there picketing thing at the funerals in Newtown. I hate these fucking nut jobs more than I’ve ever hated anything. I know some people say that killing them could give them somewhat of a martyr status, but personally I think it’s worth the risk. Someone should just wipe them out so they can’t continue to promote their phony fucking cause at the funerals of children and soldiers. God they make me sick!
Even cats hate the Westboro Baptist Church.
We need to get a bunch of hard pipe-hittin bruthas to go pay a visit to the members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Those assholes should be wiped off the face of the Earth.
Westboro Baptist Church are planning to protest the schoolchildren. I think the cops should turn a blind eye while people beat the fuck out of those maniacs.
I know it’s an awful thing to say, but I’d want the extermination of the members of the Westboro Baptist Church to be a public spectacle in order to send a message to others who think what they stand for is ok. And I’d want the government to shrug their shoulders and do absolutely nothing about it. The fact that their bullshit has Ben tolerated this long is a travesty
One day people will learn the difference between there, their, and they’re, but that day has not come yet.
kickthepuppy that’s not an awful thing to say. It’s true. Anyone who protests the funerals of soldiers and children is a sick freak and deserves to die
http://pastebin.com/pCTSgLTJ – personal info of all the westboro scumbags
(785) 273-0325 – Fred W. Phelps Sr., cell phone (785) 272-4135
Fred Phelps, Jr. (785) 273-0529
The problem with the WBC is that they are all lawyers and are never violent so they know whats within the law, how to get permits, etc. However what you can do is call their cell phones and leave messages telling them to eat shit and die.
http://www.anonpaste.me/anonpaste2/index.php?65e2832b96b888e3#Uxqr8wrq3ljskOY76+ubZQvSmcEtYCbIfZBqWpaGcMI=
@tico great minds
Not sure if anyone else heard but the hacker group Anonymous hackd the Westborough Baptist Church website and released the personal information of all of it’s members.
Oddly enough Donald Fehr and Jeremy Jacobs are both members…wierd.
It’s a great gesture that will probably bring a lot of healing. But did they have to bring the dogs all the way from Chicago? Connecticut is the Golden Retriever capital of the world.
If my children went out the way those kids did I would have nothing to live for anyway and take out whoever shows up from WBC and gladly accept whatever my fate would be at that point.
When I read up on them awhile ago, I was surprised how few members they have. It’s basically just the Phelps family. Anyway, I’d expect massive human walls around the funeral, motorcycle clubs, college students, etc.
The Patriot Guard Riders, a MC that protects military funerals from these assholes should show up and tune these little bitches up.
@redsoxfan34: Shut the fuck up, do you really think anybody gives a shit right now if he used the wrong “there”? Get your dick out of your ass
My dog’s judgmental of hobos. True story. I thought he might be a racist dog then he started barking and snapping at all of them so he doesn’t discriminate at least which is good.