{"id":4948,"date":"2018-07-06T14:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T20:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2019-01-31T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:33:18","slug":"dr-christi-williams-rehab-lab-layla-featured-in-pedigree-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2018\/07\/06\/dr-christi-williams-rehab-lab-layla-featured-in-pedigree-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Christi Williams, \u2018Rehab Lab\u2019 Layla Featured in Pedigree Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Dr. Christi Williams and her \u201cRehab Lab\u201d Layla spend countless hours with community members through their work as a trained pet therapy duo. Frequenting the halls of Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt Children\u2019s Hospital, Vanderbilt One Hundred Oaks and beyond, Williams and Layla are well known for their therapy services through Pet Partners, a local nonprofit.<\/p>\n

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Recently, Williams and Layla (along with puppy-in-training Jackson!) were featured on a Pedigree pet commercial where Williams detailed Layla\u2019s work and described the importance of her diet. Featuring video and images from her work in the hospital, the 8-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever can be seen loving on patients, playing with Jackson and prepping for work once her harness has been secured.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Layla visits, it\u2019s very obvious to see that the people we work with tend to bring out the best in Layla,\u201d Williams said. \u201cWe can also tell that when Layla is visiting, she clearly brings out the best in those people.\u201d<\/p>\n

To view the commercial in its entirety, click here<\/a>. To read a recent Vanderbilt University Medical Center article on Layla and Williams, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Dr. Christi Williams and her \u201cRehab Lab\u201d Layla spend countless hours with community members through their work as a trained pet therapy duo. Frequenting the halls of Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt Children\u2019s Hospital, Vanderbilt One … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise-science","category-chs","category-physical-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4949,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4948\/revisions\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}