Meet Beacon the Olympics Therapy Dog 🐶🏅

Olympics … Simone Biles may have brought home a lot of gold, but there is another important member of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team – one with four legs

"Beacon," a four-year-old golden retriever, acts as the therapy dog for the entire team, offering nuzzles, licks, and cuddling whenever needed. During the lead-up to the Games, the team’s “Goodest Boy” was always on-call, sometimes even putting in 15-hour days to see all his "patients."

Owner Tracey Callahan Molnar, a former gymnast herself, says "Petting a dog, or even watching someone pet a dog, can lower blood pressure and anxiety, help increase the feel-good hormones serotonin and dopamine and lower cortisol levels.”

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