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A new UBC Okanagan study finds children not only reap the benefits of working with therapy dogs-they enjoy it too. Dog lovers often have an assumption that canine-assisted interventions are going to be effective because other people are going to love dogs, says Nicole Harris, who conducted this research while a master s student in the School of Education. While we do frequently see children improve in therapy dog programs, we didn t have data to support that they enjoyed the time as well.