Another kind of therapy dog

Zoey, a golden retriever, is a therapy dog.

She does what dogs do best: provide a vehicle for a good hug when needed.

Only Zoey is a grief therapy dog. See the story about her in USA Today.

She offers empathy and comfort to friends and relatives who have gathered at Michigan Memorial Funeral Home in Flat Rock, Mich., to say goodbye to a loved one.

"It's almost as if Zoey knows that her calm presence just seems to make people who are sad a little less sad," says the dog's owner, Kelly Dwyer, whose husband owns the funeral home where Zoey has become a regular.

She and Dwyer have been doing the work since November and has been invited to nearly two dozen visitations.

Good dog.