She’s the most popular new employee at the Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick. Golden retriever Maui is the hospital’s new full-time therapy dog and is already earning her keep.
Maui will be visiting more than 700 children suffering from medical complexities like brain trauma, extended NICU stays and spinal cord injuries.
“Our goal is to really get her involved in therapy session and to make them more fun and make those traumatic experiences that they are going through more tolerable and help them cope with their therapies,” said Emily Tetley, Maui’s secondary handler and a senior occupational therapist.
