{"id":5327,"date":"2018-12-10T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2018-12-10T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:39:45","slug":"will-the-therapy-dogs-actually-help-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/10\/will-the-therapy-dogs-actually-help-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the therapy dogs actually help my soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5304\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5304\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-2-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Will the therapy dogs actually help my soul\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-2-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121018-2.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will the therapy dogs actually help my soul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maybe. There are many health benefits to owning a dog, including improved mental and physical health. Therapy dogs can provide similar de-stressing opportunities and the chance to focus on something other than yourself, however briefly. If you&#8217;re asking if they can absolve you of sin and cleanse your soul of that weight&#8230;.it might better to talk to a member of the clergy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe. There are many health benefits to owning a dog, including improved mental and physical health. Therapy dogs can provide similar de-stressing opportunities and the chance to focus on something other than yourself, however briefly. If you&#8217;re asking if they can absolve you of sin and cleanse your soul of that weight&#8230;.it might better to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/10\/will-the-therapy-dogs-actually-help-my-soul\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Will the therapy dogs actually help my soul&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-questions","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5363,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327\/revisions\/5363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}