大象传媒

鈥業ndiana Bones,鈥� a giant nine stone 鈥榯herapy dog鈥� travels to schools and nursing homes on a weekly basis. The Husky cross-breed helps patients with dementia and primary school children with literacy issues.

Therapy dogs differ from service dogs (i.e guide dogs) as they provide psychological and physiological help to people other than their owner. Therapy dogs are commonly 鈥渆asy-going, confident and very calm鈥� according to Indiana鈥檚 owner Fran Gray.

This week, British Airways refused to let a woman board a flight with her two therapy dogs. She claims the airline did not accept her medical documentation for the pair.

This clip is originally from 5live Drive on 16 January 2017.