RunningAHEAD - Topic: Therapy Dog!

clhagan

posted: 8/28/2007 at 1:11 PM

I know there are a lot of pet lovers on here so I just wanted to throw out a brag about our dog, Sassy. We took her through training courses over the summer to be a certified Therapy Dog and she passed the exam (it is similar to the K9 Good Citizens exam)! We received her official paperwork last week! IF you are not familiar with Therapy Dogs International, here is their website http://www.tdi-dog.org/ Basically this means that we can take her into hospices, nursing homes, schools, and other locations to provide emotional comfort to patients that are lonely or in need (it is strictly emotional support -- no physical support or therapy). Here is a picture of our girl!

---- Cynthia

t_runner

posted: 8/28/2007 at 1:54 PM

There should be a "Look what my dog can do" forum here Smile

What a beautiful girl she is, and that organization sounds like a great thing all around! You'll have to post back and let everybody know how the volunteering goes.

Mississippi

posted: 8/28/2007 at 4:50 PM

That is awesome! Congratulations. Such a great looking dog. Smile

Michelle

RunChicRun

madness baby

posted: 8/29/2007 at 12:18 AM

Wow, that's great! Sounds like Sassy will be appreciated for her work Wink

deb

sholtsman

posted: 8/29/2007 at 10:13 AM

That's very impressive! Great job Sassy. Therapy dogs require a lot of training and discipline - I'm sure you worked very hard on this accomplishment. Your dog must have a great and even temperament. My dog would fail miserably at being calm - talk about bad manners. Congrats!

trishierunner

esq.

posted: 8/29/2007 at 8:32 PM

So cool!

Sassy is a lovely lady!

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