Stories like this are food for the soul. These photos in the Hong Kong Chinese-language media almost need no words as our Dr Dog ambassadors proudly show the community how healing and beneficial companion animals are for us all.

My dream is that some of the caged dogs we recently rescued in Chengdu can, one day, be our Dr Dogs and show (as we always say) why dogs are our friends, not food.

Here are some of the news clippings from coverage of our visit to the Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital in Hong Kong. Most of the copy is about how happy the children were to see their Dr Dogs on Christmas Day.