Carolina baseball has a new teammate this year, but this member has four legs, not two.

REMINGTON, a 2-year-old golden retriever, is Carolina’s first athletics training room assistance dog. He’s also the first in the ACC.

REMINGTON’s official title is psychiatric medical alert facility rehabilitation service dog. He works with Terri Jo Rucinski, coordinator of the physical therapy clinic and staff athletic trainer for the team, to help players who are recovering from injuries. Rucinski has worked with the team for 12 years and says the atmosphere this year is different with REMINGTON around. Student athletes who underwent surgeries in the fall turned the corner emotionally really quickly, Rucinski says.

“I’d like to think he had something to do with it,” she says.
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