The Benefits of Therapy Dogs
Therapy dog teams visit people of all ages in all types of care facilities including Memory Support units, more commonly known as Alzheimer’s units. One Alzheimer’s facility we recently visited has...
View ArticleThe How-tos of Owning a Therapy Pet
Lately I have been getting contacted by more people interested in taking a dog to work with them. This has included everyone from therapists to teachers to senior facility employees. My best friend has...
View ArticleTips When Considering a Therapy Dog
It’s become a reality that Bo needs to retire from therapy work after more than 10 years of service. She is still able to handle some visits and really does enjoy visiting people. But one of these...
View ArticleTraining Therapy Pet: Part 2
It’s been a few weeks, so I thought I would update you on the progress with our future therapy dogs. We went through hundreds of names before we managed to agree on two. We named our new girls Shelby...
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Training a Therapy Dog
Those razor sharp puppy teeth have come out and teething is over! I felt bad for Shelby and Bailey since I could see that they were having some discomfort and a tougher time chewing some things waiting...
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Pet Cancer: A Tribute to Blizzard
I should probably issue a tissue warning as I’m sure this article may bring tears to many eyes. My eyes are filling up just thinking about starting to write this. I am not a medical professional, so I...
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Tomorrow’s Adopt a Shelter Pet Day!
There are many college students that miss their family pets when they go away to attend college in another state. My daughter was one of those. When she was finishing her senior year (fourth of six...
View ArticlePet Therapy with Veterans
So many times when we go into the senior living facilities, there are many of our veterans as residents and/or visitors. Of course, so many of them had to leave not just their human family members...
View ArticleThe Adjustment to Moving
Well, we are officially empty nesters. Our daughter just bought her first house. Of course, there is still quite a bit of her stuff still at our house, but it will get moved over little by little. Our...
View ArticleTraining Young Dogs for Therapy
Since we have no interest in breeding or showing, Shelby and Bailey got spayed after they turned six months old. This did not slow them down, but they really enjoyed having those tummies scratched...
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