Feeling stressed? Have a dog!

This is what the Law School of Yale seems to think...

Yale, which is renowned for its competitiveness, is starting a pilot programme next week in which student s can "borrow" a dog for half an hour to de-stress.
Monty (and the name is really all we know about the pup!) is a therapy dog, hypoallergenic (or so it's stated) and will be available to play for 30 minutes at a time beginning next Monday for a 3-day trial run.

The law librarian wrote an email to all students advertising this initiative and stating that "it is a well documented fact that visits from therapy dogs have resulted in increased happiness, calmness and overall emotional well-being in people"
They are used in hospitals, communities, schools so why not at Yale?!?

Besides the logistic (does Monty have a secretary filling in his diary with appointments? What if Monty can't be bothered going for "walkies" 5 hours a day? And what about his salary... would a sausage do???) I personally find the idea brilliant!
Therapy dogs have an outstanding temperament, gentle disposition and an incredible degree of friendliness which make them absolutely perfect for such a task as this.

As a matter of fact, what about suggesting to my med-school considering to adopt the same idea? I'm sure many of my fellow students wouldn't mind taking the "furry therapy" for a walk on the beach, playing ball for a bit, going for a stroll in town or just taking a little break on the wooden area in our school yard, lazying in the sun (those 5 days a year when sun shines in Scotland!) enjoying cuddles.

Yale got it absolutely right:

- An introduction to legal reasoning? Check!
- A cute dog? Check!
- A cracking idea? Check

Now let's just hope that Monty won't become over-stressed himself with all of these play dates!!!