December 20, 2017

Students take a break from stressful finals to pet and spend time with therapy dogs

During Finals Week, the Engineering Library hosted dog and owner teams from Pet Partners, volunteers trained in animal therapy, to provide relaxation and stress relief for students and faculty.

By Stanford News Service

There’s nothing like a cute and cuddly puppy dog to ease the stress of academic study at Stanford, especially during finals.

Photographer Linda Cicero stopped by the “Take a break, pet a dog” event, sponsored by Terman Engineering Library during the recent finals week.

Lovable pooches stop by the second Thursday of each month through the fall, winter and spring quarters in the Science and Engineering Quad, Y2E2 Courtyard, to offer stressed-out students a chance to pet their worries away. The event generally features three to five dog and owner teams from the organization Pet Partners.

Max is an Australian Labradoodle.
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Student petting dog — Max the Labradoodle gets the full attention of physics graduate student Shenglan Qiao.
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Molly the Lab — Molly, a 3-1/2-year-old yellow Lab, was accompanied to Stanford by her owner, Michael Jacobs.
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Labradors — Two patient Labrador retrievers enjoy their visit with the students.
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Kayla the dog — Kayla, a 7-1/2-year-old chocolate Lab, waits for students to arrive.
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Max sit — Max the Labradoodle can barely sit still from all the excitement.
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Kiah the Australian Shepherd — Postdocs Anna Weichselbraun and Rochelle Terman walked across campus to visit the therapy dogs, including Kiah, an Australian shepherd.
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Max the dog — Max, an Australian Labradoodle, offers a friendly paw to a passerby.
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Brittany Spaniel — Diane Reklis and her dog, Ginger, a Brittany spaniel, enjoy the attention from graduate student Julieta Gomez-Frittelli and her friend, Tristan Muntsinger.
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Ginger the Brittany Spaniel. — Graduate student Lin Shi gets an unexpected kiss from Ginger, a Brittany spaniel.
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Owners with their therapy dogs at the Engineering Quad: Michael Jacobs with Molly, Diane Relkis with Ginger, and Marie Pence with Kayla
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