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An unlikely helper is easing anxiety at a dental office. Meet Annie the therapy dog
Annie senses anxious patients and comforts them as she helps Dr. Lynelle Zabel, while a second therapy dog is being trained to join her.
- In Highlands Ranch, Colorado, therapy dog Annie helps ease anxiety for dental patients at the office of Dr. Lynelle Zabel, KMGH's Mike Castellucci reports.
- KMGH reports that Annie senses the room where she is most needed, working by covering the patient like a warm blanket to provide comfort during procedures.
- Owner and lead assistant Lisa Trabert films Annie while she works, racking up millions of views and thousands of followers on social media; Trabert has also written a children's book.
- Zabel admits that Annie also helps her while seeing patients, stating, "My overall being in Zen is much better now," as she credits the dog with improving her own well-being.
- Soon, Annie will have a furry partner in tending to patients as another dog, Frankie, is currently in training to join the Highlands Ranch dental office team.
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An unlikely helper is easing anxiety at a dental office. Meet Annie the therapy dog
A dentist's office in Colorado has a secret to calming nervous patients: a therapy dog named Annie. Here's how Annie's paws-on approach to easing the worries of dental patients works
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