Dr. Binfet: Cops and Therapy Canines: Wagging Tails Reduce Stress

Interested in learning more about how therapy dogs can reduce occupational stress? Keen to know more about how attending a canine-assisted intervention can support first responders?

Dr. Binfet’s latest article, Cops and Therapy Canines: Wagging Tails Reduce Stress, features research conducted by Freya Green and Dr. John-Tyler Binfet. This research sheds light on occupational stress in police and the benefits of introducing therapy dogs within a detachment setting.

” can’t change that I’m on a 10-hour shift, but I can at least make it as enjoyable as I can, and taking 10 minutes to take a break and rub a dog’s belly helps me.” Read more