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Therapy dog finds new way to visit nursing home residents

March 31, 2020 12:00 am • Last Updated: March 31, 2020 4:20 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

s.gordon@theday.com

Elizabeth "Tiger" Maynard-White and her therapy dog Duke greeted residents at the Harbor Village Nursing Home in New London in a new way, through the windows, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

The pair has been visiting since Duke was a puppy. In response to COVID-19 they didn't want to stop visiting but wanted to adapt to social distancing rules.

"We don't have that physical touch but we can still have the emotional touch," said Maynard-White of why she continues to visit.

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