"Odie knew more than 50 commands, most importantly ‘Visit.' That prompted her to approach a survivor of a crime or a family member to comfort them with her presence—letting them pet her with a hand or foot, placing her face on their lap, or just calmly sitting by their side.

"'Without fail, she would always go to the most stressed person in the room.’”

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