Jon Katz didn't think he'd find himself writing a book about how doing hospice work with his two dogs, Izzy and Lenore, would help him through depression, but the rewards of the experience needed to be shared.
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“When I was feeling the lowest, I'd go do hospice work. I'd always feel better,” he says, adding that giving of oneself to others is therapeutic for a depressed person because it focuses attention outward instead of inward.
“I was drawn to hospice work because I wanted to do something with my dogs that was more meaningful than some of the traditional dog-human activities, like sheepherding or even conventional therapy work,” Katz says.
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