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“It’s nice to see people smile and relax after a long day.”
Sarah AtwoodBiffy, age 6
Gayle Yarick is a therapy dog owner. Her dog, Biffy, is a 6-year-old smooth collie. Biffy has been a therapy dog for almost three years after passing the Therapy Dogs International Test. Yarick has been working with therapy dogs for several years, and Biffy is her most recent trainee. “Training is different for each dog.
Alex Bryne, a 25-year-old retail worker, describes his trek through the snow Wednesday morning to work. “I’d rather walk to work than take the bus. The bus is too unreliable. I have an app that tells me when it’s supposed to be coming, but the time keeps changing. I’m not going to be late for work because I don’t know when the bus will pick me up.”
Wednesday’s temperatures in East Lansing were mid-thirties, so it wasn’t freezing for Bryne on his way to work.