Ruff Love: Canine Corps brings healing spirit of dogs home to seniors
- JFCS in the Media
J Weekly
by Dan Pine
Kobe, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, doesn’t merely sit on Curtis Shore’s lap. The dog melts into it, splayed blissfully across his belly.
Leaning back in his Barcalounger, Shore knows Kobe’s favorite scratch spots. The two look so contented, it’s hard to believe they commune only an hour or two each week at the Sunset District home Shore bought soon after moving to San Francisco in 1957.
“Who does not love a dog?” asks Shore in a clipped German accent.
As his burgundy-colored vest signifies, Kobe is a certified therapy dog with Canine Corps, a program for homebound seniors currently offered in San Francisco and Marin counties by the S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services.
Posted by Admin on April 16, 2010