Yale law school reading room, courtesy of Wikipedia
According to Above the Law, the idea was that dogs (pets in general) lower blood pressure, and at a high-pressure law school, a therapy dog could prove his weight in biscuits. Monty could be checked out just like any book for a 30-minute time period, and was extremely popular during his three-day trial.
Monty’s three-day trial in September 2010 was so well recieved that Yale law library decided to give him a week-long engagement the last week of March 2011. The New York Times reports, “Monty, according to the memo to students, is hypoallergenic and will be kept in a nonpublic space inside the library, presumably away from those who don’t much like dogs.”
The Yale Daily News recounts a typical experience with Monty: “Swett brought along some bacon for Monty, and before long won him over. When Monty stayed in his lap even after the bacon ran out, Swett said he knew their friendship ‘transcended the treats’.” When students were asked what they thought Monty brought to the students, it was apparent that the dog gave the students permission to kick back and relax from studying.
If you want to check out Monty, make sure you get to Yale law library about finals time. He’s bound to be there then due to all the stress, filed under SF428.2 .M66 2011 concludes NPR.
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If we’d had a library dog at Syracuse University when I attended, I would have never left the library!
Very cool. Hope he writes a book someday too.
So pawesome! I wish places woudl do that mroe often. Thanx for writing this cool article.
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