Who let the dogs out?

The beloved pet therapy program has returned to Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, bringing wagging tails, wet noses and heartwarming moments back to patients, visitors and staff.

After a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, the program is once again growing, with more volunteer teams joining to share the healing power of human-animal connection.

Among them is Raymond Mushier and his 3-year-old rescue standard poodle, Cowboy, who recently completed orientation and made their first hospital rounds.

“Cowboy is such a unique looking dog for a Standard Poodle – he turns heads everywhere we go,” says Mushier, who has years of experience in pet therapy. His previous therapy dog served alongside him at Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear before he relocated to Glendale.

“My dogs have s

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