Mackenzie Davis Created: February 28, 2021 09:41 PM (ABC 6 NEWS) - The need for therapy dogs has gone up during the pandemic, changing routines for therapy dogs and their handlers. Even prior to COVID-19, the demand for therapy dogs well exceeded the supply, and it's only increasing, "It's been very difficult. It's difficult on the people on the inside because they're just not getting what they need and the one-to-one interaction. It's difficult on the dogs because they get depressed," Shannon Wilson, therapy dog handler, said. Now that hospitals and nursing homes are starting to lift visiting restrictions, protocols are going to be different.