When A Dog Is The Best Antidepressant

The Dodo

Woman was struggling with depression and nothing seemed to help until she met a dog who was going through something very similar. We spoke with Taylor, who shared with us how this one dog changed her life forever, so now she was determined to change hers too!

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00:00Here she is.

00:02Oh, hi.

00:04Oh, you're so cute.

00:06I think I am.

00:08Come here.

00:10Hi, sweet girl.

00:12I had COVID in 2020,

00:14which led to

00:16treatment-resistant depression

00:18and anxiety.

00:20Nothing was working, so

00:22one day I just decided I

00:24wanted to go play with puppies.

00:30I kind of wanted one of my own,

00:32but at the same time didn't know

00:34if I had the energy

00:36physically and mentally to have one

00:38and train it and do all the things.

00:40That led me to one of the stores

00:42that had a Homes for Life

00:44program.

00:46Here she is.

00:48Oh, hi.

00:50What's going on,

00:52baby?

00:54What's going on,

00:56baby?

00:58What's going on, baby?

01:02She had been adopted at two months

01:04with the owners for seven, and then

01:06she had been given back.

01:08Her lifestyle

01:10changed is what they told them.

01:12But they had let me know that she was

01:14very sick. She had, like,

01:16respiratory issues and stuff, and

01:18they were treating her at the time.

01:20But it's hard because if you go

01:22and play with her, you can't play

01:24with the other puppies because she's sick.

01:26Come here. Look.

01:28Oh, my God.

01:32She was very

01:34standoffish.

01:36She had no interest in things.

01:40In a way, it kind of reminded me of myself

01:42and my issues and just how I've felt

01:44the last few years.

01:46Sit. Can you do it?

01:48Good girl.

01:50I just felt like I would be

01:52heartbroken if someone, you know,

01:54adopted her and I couldn't see her anymore.

01:56So I decided to adopt her.

01:58Hi, Kai Kai.

02:00You got it, Kai Kai. Go,

02:02go, go.

02:04She just loves her outings a lot.

02:06I can take her to a dog park

02:08and she can run around for hours.

02:10Oh, hi, babies.

02:12Anytime that we enter my room,

02:14she just, like, wags and just sits there

02:16and waits, and as soon as I get on the bed,

02:18she jumps on me, and she's such a kisser.

02:20It's so cute.

02:22She has just fulfilled

02:24a part of me that I didn't even realize I had.

02:26What are you doing?

02:28Anybody

02:30that has seen me with her is just like,

02:32we haven't seen you like this in years.

02:36You're so cute.

02:38I love you.

02:40I feel like I've gotten more from her in the last

02:42few, like, month or so

02:44than I have in treatment

02:46as long as I've done it, which is just crazy.

02:48Crazy.

02:50I love her so much.

02:52Get it, Kai Kai.

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