Gallery: Therapy dog, goats visit residents at Auburn assisted living facility
Residents at Auburn assisted living facility Westminster Manor were visited by therapy animals on Saturday.
Jackie, a dachshund puppy, and Kramer and Pepper, twin Nigerian dwarf goats, cuddled and played with residents during a visit by the nonprofit Chester's Barn in Scipio Center as part of Mental Health Awareness Month in May.Â
De De Washington, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, hangs out with Pepper, a Nigerian dwarf goat, during a therapy animal visit from the Scipio Center-based nonprofit Chester's Barn to the facility on Saturday.
Residents at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn play with therapy animals from Chester's Barn on Saturday.
Burt Taber pets Jackie, a dachshund puppy held by Chester's Barn founder Kendra Janssen as Betty, Burt's wife, looks on during a therapy animal visit for residents at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn on Saturday.
A Nigerian dwarf goat from the nonprofit Chester's Barn rests on the lap of Mille Hayton, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, during a therapy animal visit there on Saturday.
Jackie, a dachshund puppy, receives pets from residents at Auburn assisted living facility Westminster Manor during a therapy animal visit from Chester's Barn on Saturday.
Alice Engle, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, spends time with Kramer, a Nigerian dwarf goat, during a therapy animal visit from Chester's Barn to the facility on Saturday.
Vince Shaw, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, hangs out with a Nigerian dwarf goat and Chester's Barn founder Kendra Janssen during a therapy animal visit to the facility on Saturday.
De De Washington cuddles with Pepper, a Nigerian dwarf goat, during a therapy animal visit for residents of the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn on Saturday.
Sam Pucino, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, holds up Kramer, a Nigerian dwarf goat from Chester's Barn, during a therapy animal visit to the facility on Saturday.
Maureen Tarquino, a resident at the Westminster Manor assisted living facility in Auburn, hangs out with Pepper, a Nigerian dwarf goat, as a part of a therapy animal visit from Chester's Barn to the facility on Saturday.
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