4 Therapy dogs can help people get stronger or healthier
Therapy Animals Murphy is an animal with a job She works as a therapy dog Murphy helps kids like Megan Megan has cerebral palsy Megan is learning to walk But she has never taken a step Today Megan wants to give Murphy a treat Megan’s therapist stands the girl in a walker She points to Murphy Give Murphy this treat 5
Megan takes a step toward Murphy Wow Then Murphy takes a step backward Megan takes another step forward And Murphy takes another step backward Megan takes a few more steps Finally Megan gets tired She stops Murphy sits down Megan gives Murphy the treat Megan smiles She did it With help from Murphy Megan took her first steps Why did Murphy step backward 6
Murphy was pushing Megan to work harder Good therapy dogs know how to help people work hard 7 Good therapy dogs can help kids work hard to get stronger
