I would like to introduce to you Zannie (Left) and Sara (Right). You may be wondering why exactly I'm putting pictures of random dogs up on my blog and so I will explain.
It's that time of the semester: the end of modules: the last few classes... Finals. *insert dramatic music here*
So far I've had two and my last one starts in about an hour and then I will be finished with UConn 2011 and ready to return home to good ol' blighty. But that's not the story...
Any exams are stressful but when you're stuck on a campus in the middle of the Connecticut countryside and everyone is in the midst of stressful finals then the stress levels can probably be detected from within a 1 mile radius. And so, UConn, fabulous American university that it is, has come up with the most brilliant scheme that I think should be mandatory at all Universities all over the world during exam periods. It's entitled...
... and it is the work of a genius. This week a timetable has been posted on the library website scheduling the visits of various dogs. There's Mo the Boxer and Emmet the Australian Shepherd and Sebbi the Cocker Spaniel and, as pictured above, Zannie and Sara. They are here, I quote, "to help ease your stress!"
How brilliant is that?!
Not only are these dogs officially trained in therapy (yea I don't understand how that works either but hey ho), but they're also really, really cute. And fluffy. And cute. And a whole range of breeds have come throughout the week so you can get whatever canine-fix suits you. Now whoever was genius enough to come up with this idea I think deserves a medal because (asides from those unfortunate people with allergies) dogs really are man's best friend. They're cuddly and cute and asides from the occasionally slobber and dribble, you just want to snuggle up with them - it's exactly what you need when you've got a pile of revision to be doing!
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