{"id":6167,"date":"2021-12-16T02:51:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T02:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:24:22","slug":"pets-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/pets-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Stressbusters 2021: Virtual Pet Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6169\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F-300x296.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F-1024x1011.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F-768x759.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F-1536x1517.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2021\/12\/82BEC981-F651-450B-BDD9-9C10F2A33A2F.jpeg 2035w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Can you spot the cute puppy in the picture, waiting for the holidays to come? Just like most of us.<\/p>\n<p>At this time last year we were fully online. That\u2019s when we started to round up our favorite furry coworkers for a virtual pet therapy. We have added a few more images since then.<\/p>\n<p>As we can\u2019t just yet bring the<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0puppies to the library for an in-house stressbuster event, we are sharing the<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/pettherapy\/\">picture gallery of our pets.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They have been supporting us every day in the remote working environment since the new normal started. Their persistent, albeit counterproductive offers to help never stopped, often making our day, or alternatively, making our day \u2026. [add your preferred description right here, ours changes daily].<\/p>\n<p>We hope you will take a moment to look at some pet pictures and have a good laugh too.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked them, check out the post about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/dotus\/\">DOTUS, aka Presidential Dogs<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0or browse <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/category\/stressbusters\/\">all stressbuster posts<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3439\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/pettherapy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-300x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-1536x584.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Pet-Therapy-2048x779.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Sketches by Megan Lotts, art librarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you spot the cute puppy in the picture, waiting for the holidays to come? 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