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\u201cSophie would make a good therapy dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn\u2019t even know what a therapy dog<\/a> was. I certainly had no idea what traits my little Havanese had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if I can help people in need of some cheering up?<\/p>\n

Now here I was, escorting Sophie into the hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I\u2019d learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient\u2019s room for a brief pick-me-up visit, then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn\u2019t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.<\/p>\n

We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the lobby, where we were met by the nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. \u201cWelcome, Sophie,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ll be taking you two around today.\u201d<\/p>\n

I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted along at my side, just as she\u2019d been trained. \u201cWe\u2019re a transitional care unit,\u201d the nurse explained. \u201cMost of our patients are seniors.\u201d I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. She\u2019s trained and ready for this,<\/i> I reminded myself.<\/p>\n

Up ahead an older lady was making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt to keep her steady. We caught up to them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. I made sure Sophie didn\u2019t interfere. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker toward a chair against the wall. \u201cOkay, we\u2019ll stop for a rest,\u201d her nurse said.<\/p>\n

Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie. \u201cNow, bring me that dog,\u201d she said bluntly.<\/p>\n

Surprised, I picked up Sophie and placed her in the woman\u2019s lap. Sophie snuggled into her while the woman stroked her fur.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer name\u2019s Sophie,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, hello, Sophie,\u201d she cooed. Aren\u2019t you sweet?\u201d<\/p>\n

The lady talked to Sophie as if she were an old friend. \u201cI had a little dog once,\u201d she said. \u201cShe was a little bigger than you are.\u201d She told Sophie about the many dogs she\u2019d had in her life, what they liked to do, where she lived with them. That led to memories of her husband and children. Sophie\u2019s gaze never left the woman\u2019s face, as if she understood every one of the woman\u2019s stories. When it was time for us to go she gave Sophie a hug.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood girl,\u201d I told Sophie when we rejoined our host. She was looking at Sophie in a way that made me afraid we\u2019d already made a mistake. Had we overstepped our bounds? Had I allowed Sophie to do something I shouldn\u2019t have?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t realize what just happened,\u201d the nurse said. \u201cWe have been evaluating that patient for five days and assumed she\u2019d lost the ability to speak. Then she held Sophie and\u2026 you saw what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophie looked up at me and wagged her tail. Could she have known the miracle<\/a> she\u2019d performed? As much as I loved my Sophie and believed she was the most special dog in the world, I had to dismiss the thought as utterly preposterous.<\/p>\n

But as we continued our hospital visits I really started to wonder.<\/p>\n

Making our way through the hospital\u2019s crowded entrance one day, Sophie jerked me away from the door. In all our visits, she\u2019d never resisted going inside, and she\u2019d done her business before we left the house. She was also trained not to pull on her leash<\/a>, but she dragged me with unusual insistence to the benches out front, where a woman sat alone\u2014a woman I hadn\u2019t even noticed. Sophie jumped right up on the bench next to her. I was flabbergasted. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry for bothering you!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, it\u2019s no bother,\u201d the woman said. \u201cI\u2019m waiting for my ride.\u201d She ruffled Sophie\u2019s ears. Then she started talking. It turned out she\u2019d just gotten a frightening diagnosis. In the few minutes that Sophie spent with her, the woman seemed to relax just enough to find some hope in her situation. \u201cThanks for bringing her over,\u201d she said when her ride arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t,\u201d I confessed. \u201cShe brought me.\u201d On some level<\/i>, I thought, in some way, Sophie seems to know what her job is.<\/i><\/p>\n

From then on I let Sophie take the lead. One afternoon we were waiting for the elevator to leave when a woman called us over to the waiting room. She acknowledged me politely, but patted her lap for Sophie. All her attention was on the tiny dog I put there.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter was supposed to go home today,\u201d she said, \u201cbut there\u2019s been a complication. Her husband is on his way, but it will take him a while to get here. They have a little baby at home, born just last week…\u201d<\/p>\n

I took a chair nearby, feeling almost like an intruder. But Sophie seemed to know that this was right where she belonged. She sat still and attentive, comfortable in the lap of the worried mother. When she got word her daughter was being moved to the ICU, we accompanied her to that waiting room. Sophie resettled with the woman in her chair. Finally her son-in-law called her cell to say he\u2019d arrived at reception but wasn\u2019t sure where to go. \u201cA woman and a dog will come down and tell you how to find me. The dog\u2019s name is Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Driving home, I thought back to that day when my trainer said Sophie would make a good therapy dog. I still couldn\u2019t put my finger on what it was about Sophie that made her so good at her job. What was her secret? The best explanation I got was from a man who worked in a hospice center that Sophie and I visited often. When the man became a patient himself and woke from a difficult surgery, the first thing he asked for was Sophie.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy Sophie?\u201d I asked him when we were allowed to see him in the recovery room.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how to explain it,\u201d he said. \u201cAll I can say is that she brings me a sense of peace and comfort<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe I didn\u2019t need to know Sophie\u2019s secret. She had been given a gift, a special assignment<\/a> on this earth, and I had an assignment too. To help her share it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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