
In October 2018, 9-year-old Taka, a Shiba Inu(柴犬), was seriously injured in the house fire. The family had time to get their kids out, but there was no time to go back in for Taka. Luckily, Taka was able to run to a neighbor’s house. With deep burns to his head, face, back, and feet, he needed round-the-clock care.
Because of the medical care that Taka needed, his past owners signed him over to the vets. They chose not to get him back because of his injuries and not being able to care for him properly. “I had been taking him home with me every day, so finally I realized I couldn’t part with him,” said Crystal Lesley, a vet at Care More Animal Hospital. That’s when Taka officially became Lesley’s. “After months of recovery and the influence he had on the community, I was found by a nurse at the burn center about Taka coming in to visit burned children, in hopes of giving them something to relate to,” Lesley said.
Lesley knew Taka was perfect for the job. “He loves kids and people,” she said. “I thought about it and decided that he was too special not to share him with the world.” Taka took his therapy dog training test and passed it. “To see that he could be an encouragement or at least a light at the end of the tunnel for a child or anybody that has gone through what he’s gone through is what all of this is about,” Lesley said.
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