These Humane “Hospice Hounds” Make Housecalls

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Some special dogs in the Fox Valley are paying housecalls.The Fox Valley Humane Association has teamed up with a local hospice agency to bring four-legged friends into the homes of the very ill and frail, who are facing death.But not every dog is meant to be a “hospice hound.”Patty Murray has more on the qualities organizers are looking for and what humans get out ofthe bargain…

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