Generally, travelling might be traumatic. However the good factor is that, at Istanbul Airport, remedy canines at the moment are able to lend a serving to paw to consolation tense travellers.

Reuters experiences that the airport has been doing this program for the previous month to assist calm the nerves of passengers passing via the terminals.

5 pooches are tasked to roam across the airport to seek for careworn passengers who wish to relax earlier than they board their flights.

And it’s fairly simple to identify the remedy canines — they put on a blue vest/shirt with the phrases “Pet Me” written on it.

Unsurprisingly, this system has obtained constructive suggestions from passengers. And following this, Abdulkadir Demirtas, a buyer expertise supervisor, tells Reuters that Istanbul Grand Airport (IGA) is planning to increase the venture.

By increasing the venture, the airport operator will increase the variety of remedy canines offering consolation to passengers from 5 to 10.

Demirtas mentioned, “Our precedence is to supply a stress-free and fulfilling airport expertise to all passengers.”

“Travelling might be traumatic … In response to analysis, interplay between animals and people reduces stress ranges and anxiousness,” he added.

Murat Cengiz Koca, a canine behavioral skilled and coach who accompanies the canines across the airport, reveals that the canines had been skilled to not react to sounds or folks.

He mentioned, “The canines we’ve chosen right here have gone via a year-long course of and coaching. They’re right here as we speak as a result of they’ve been profitable.”

A traveller, named Anastasia Podmazova, praised this system whereas kneeling to pet one of many remedy canines, Kuki, saying, “It relaxes me. I really like animals. It is rather good.”