Richárd Bence (3 year old, Budapest)

Richard, a cute boy, wanted to meet with healing dogs.
When asked what kind of puppy, he said he wanted to meet with two dogs: one big one whom he could hug and a smaller one with whom he could play.

Quick organization was started. With the assistance of Richard’s doctor, Dr. Garami, we have found the owners of Mazsola (“Raisins”) and Sam in no time.
Gyorgyi and Silvia, who work for the Animal Therapy Foundation, were very pleased to offer their help. Mazsola is a beautiful golden retriever. Sam is a Shelti.

The moment we arrived, they both knew their task. They kindly approached Richard, played with him and completed different interesting exercises together: clothes had to be taken off and put on Sam 's back. Richard had to crawl under the belly of Mazsola. Snacks had to be put into colored rings from where the dogs were allowed to take them out with their masters' permission.

Richard soon forgot the initial shyness. He was crawling and climbing cheerfully between Sam and Mazsola.
Of course, after a while everyone got tired. So when Mazsola laid down, Richard was happy to go next to him and rest on him. It was a pleasure to see the joy and the tirelessness of Richard and dogs as they were solving more and more tasks together. After a while Richard obviously got a kiss from one or the other dogs. His mother, Orsi and us adults were smiling being touched by seeing and feeling all the love they gave each other. It was discussed as well that the "treatments" will continue. Richard chose Mazsola. He wants to meet with him as soon as possible. We hope that we can repeat our meeting soon.

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We received a fantastic brunch after the big game from a kind colleague of Art’Otel Budapest, Manuela, and even a cake with an image of a dog for Richard. He accepted the gift that looked like Mazsola with a huge smile. He was very happy to take it home.

The morning came to an end soon, Richard was half asleep with a smile waiting to go home as soon as possible, but of course all the while he kept his eyes on Mazsola and Sam. It is clear from what has happened that Sam and Mazsola contributed and will continue to contribute to Richard’s rapid healing.


Thank you to the management and colleagues of Art’Otel Budapest and to the leaders of Animal Therapy Foundation for their assistance in fulfilling this wish. And thank you of course to Mazsola and Sam.


Patzauer Éva Felkai Márta
kívánságkoordinátorok
Budapest, 2012. október 4.

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