A good story for Christmas

[Mr Kleb]

From The [Toronto] Globe and Mail:

Therapy dog is ‘like family’ at this homeless shelter in Montreal

Dario Ayala/The Globe and Mail

The therapist walked into the room and scanned the men before him. You could tell he was happy to be there. For one thing, he was wagging his tail.

“Argon!” Alain Cyr said at the sight of the dog. “Argon, come here!”

Seated around the room were men thrown hard against a wall of life’s misfortunes. They are grey-bearded and round-shouldered, their faces lined by struggles with liquor, lost hopes and survival on the streets. But at the sight of Argon, their eyes lit up like the bulbs on the Mount Royal cross. Argon is a therapy dog at La Maison du Père homeless shelter in Montreal, and if the outside world treats these men as pariahs, Argon treats them as the most important thing in his three-year-old life.

Read on for more.

[smartrock]

[barry581]

That hit me right in the feels. Just another reason I love dogs.

[POPTOP]

Beautiful!

[Mr Kleb]

smartrock, yep.

Barry, I grew a little misty eyed toward the end.

Fran, it was a beautiful thing to read.