Dakota the Australian Shephard Mix Brings Joy to Wallingford Residents

Dakota, an 8-year-old Australian Shephard mix, is not only putting smiles on people’s faces at the Masonicare Health Center in Wallingford, she brings tears of joy and memories to the residents.

Volunteer Teri Misbach, a Wallingford resident, brings Dakota to Masonicare once a week and they also visit Village Green.

Misbach, who adopted Dakota through petfinder.com six years ago, has been bringing Dakota to Masonicare to visit the residents for the past year and a half.

“It makes my day when they bring them in … Do you know how kind it is of them to volunteer their time to come in here on a Saturday or a Sunday when they could be resting?,” resident Barbara Boganski told Ed Stannard of the New Haven Register. “I marvel at them and I can never thank them enough.”

Read more of the heartwarming story at the New Haven Register here.

Visit the Masonicare Facebook page here.

(Pictured: Terri Misbach and Dakota visit with a Masonicare resident, courtesy of the Masonicare Facebook page)

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