By MARY ESCH Associated Press Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn't made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to visitors. Enter Zeus. 'Zeus is a friendly little snowball, very happy,' said Nagle, 79, after the peppy bichon frise paid a visit to her room at Hebrew Home at Riverdale, overlooking the Hudson River in the Bronx. 'Petting and playing with the dogs breaks up the day and gets you to forget about yourself for a while.' […]

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