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Jenn Eckert had gotten Betsy about a week before her mom passed-less than two months before her wedding. It felt like her whole life was crumbling.The only reason she would get up in the morning was because she knew she couldn’t let this six month old baby bunny starve. Betsy felt her anguish, and would hop up on the couch and lay next to Jenn. She wouldn’t leave her side and it was in her Jenn found the strength to begin to heal.
I had gotten Betsy about a week before my mom passed. She was my best friend, and losing her was one of the hardest things I have had to deal with in life
It felt like my who life was crumbling. The only reason I would get up in the morning was because I knew I couldn’t let this six month old baby bunny starve
At the time I worked for Aurora Health Care, and knew we had therapy animals, and thought if Betsy could help me, she certainly could help others in need
We went through the whole process of being certified and in November of 2013, Betsybecame a therapy rabbit
We started visiting at the Psychiatric Hospital we worked at, then expanded to other hospitals, nursing homes, universities
And have been doing community events with children with Autism and mentally challenged adults and children
In December of 2013, I had been thinking about getting a buddy for Betsy and on Christmas Eve, Walter showed up on the Wisconsin Humane Society page
When I got to the shelter, he sat in the corner, scared, quivering, and his ear was all blistered. He was six months old and I knew he had to come home with us
As I was looking through the paperwork when I got home, noticed he was born on the exact day my mom died
I thought I had been punched in the stomach as I read it. He was my very special Christmas gift from her
It took us quite awhile to get Walter used to people, but on March 5, 2016, Walter passed his certification test
We now had two of only four Pet Partners certified therapy rabbits in the state of Wisconsin
Studies show rabbits can actually make better therapy animals than dogs as they are less intimidating
Children, especially, tend to see dogs as animals to play with, which is stimulating, and rabbits as animals to sit and pet, which is soothing
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