目前大馬成功培訓了10隻狗醫生，隻隻都是經過種種考驗而入選的。（圖：光明日報） “把動物收養在收容所終究只能治標不治本”，這是葉 雯在開設“毛毛園”後不斷忖度的問題。為讓狗兒們的生命更具意義與價值，“毛毛園”兩年前爭取到“狗醫生”（Doctor Dog）的培訓計劃，而“考取”資格的狗兒不限品種，換言之，小至芝娃娃，大至洛威勒，甚至從路邊撿回家飼養的混種流浪狗也可能有當“醫生”的潛質。“大...

ABOVE : A 5-year-old labrador Dr Kylie and her guardian, visiting the special children at Damansara Utama Methodist Church Assessing canines for an animal-assisted therapy programme One will consult and seek treatment from a medical doctor when physically ill. But what if one needs psychological...

ABOVE : Jill Robinson connects easily with animals Asia’s animal abusers have finally met their biggest adversary in the form of Jill Robinson. There’s something indescribably poignant about watching 50-year-old Jill Robinson at work. She knelt on the dirt floor and gave each dog a big hug. She...

ABOVE : Sole qualifier: Choong and Chan with Sugar, the only dog to pass Dr Dog’s third examination, is also the first pedigree to join the programme IT WAS a proud day for Christina Chan Lai Peng, 38, when the Taman Mutiara Puchong residents association (TMP) jointly organised Dr Dog’s third...

ABOVE : Therapeutic fun: Yeap (in red), Robinson (fourth from right) and kids from the Opera Fest Children's Choir playing with some puppies at the launch of the Dr Dog programme HAVING a pet, especially a dog, is therapeutic and those with dogs have lower stress and cholesterol levels, a stronger...