Get Your Tissues Out: A Hospital Allows Pets To Visit Their Sick Owners

Being in the hospital can be tough, especially if you have a best bud at home waiting for you to come back. Juravinski hospital in Ontario, Canada has started to allow pets to visit their owners through a program called Zachary's Paws for Healing.

The program was started by Donna Jenkins, after she noticed how much it benefited her nephew Zachary to be around dogs when he was battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Jenkins says that the visits do several things. It reminds people that they have a reason to get better.

It lets the patients forget that they're sick for a little while.

It's even important for the dogs-it lets them know that their parent is still there, that they haven't been abandoned.

The animals can visit for an hour, once a week. The hospital says that the program is already seeing incredible results! Watch the adorable video here:

To learn more about this awesome program, check out their facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/Zacharys-Paws-For-Healing-1591551301073471/