Photo Gallery: Sean’s House and Dagda the therapy dog

Photographer Ethan Grandin visits Sean’s House, a local non-profit organization. Their focus is on helping high school and college students fight depression and have a safe place where they can speak about their issues. 

When Ethan sat down with Bob Jarvis, the proud owner of Dagda, the therapy dog, a golden retriever. Jarvis described the joy he gets out of bringing Dagda around students 

“What I get out of it, seeing just smiles on people’s faces,” he said.

Jarvis described his start working with therapy dogs 25 years ago with his wife at nursing homes, and ever since he has had a golden retriever. As Jarvis put it from a therapy standpoint, golden’s are perfect. 

Bob and Dagda both work for PAWS for People, another local nonprofit in Newark that is “committed to providing therapeutic visits to any person in the community who would benefit from interaction with a well-trained, loving pet.”