Therapy Dog News
12 Skills Your Dog Must Master To Become A Therapy Dog (Therapy Dog and Canine Good Citizen Test)
April 2, 2020
We now have two certified Therapy Dogs, Eggnog and Toffee, and hoomans ask us all the time about what it takes to become a therapy dog. We thought that we would help answer those questions by showing each stage of the therapy dog test that Eggnog just passed! This test covers everything you need for […]
Therapy dog visits go virtual due to COVID-19
April 1, 2020
Visits from therapy dogs are moving online as hospitals and other healthcare facilities restrict the number and types of visitors to slow the spread of the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Divine Canines, a Central Texas therapy dog organization, has more than 150 certified volunteers who take their dogs to people in […]
Therapy dog visits children at home
April 1, 2020
These are difficult, anxious times for families holed up with small children. Ladd is here to help. The service dog normally does his calming and comforting at North Arlington’s Zentai Martial Arts studio. But these days, Allen DePeña, owner and operator of Zentai Martial Arts, has been taking him around to his younger students’ homes to deliver bags full of slime […]
Therapy dog visits children
April 1, 2020
These are difficult, anxious times for families holed up with small children. Ladd is here to help. The service dog normally does his calming and comforting at North Arlington’s Zentai Martial Arts studio. But these days, Allen DePeña, owner and operator of Zentai Martial Arts, has been taking him around to his younger students’ homes to deliver bags full of slime […]
Therapy dog keeping Cork students and teachers connected
April 1, 2020
As schools remain closed in line with the latest restrictions announced by government, students from a local special needs school are enjoying daily check-ins with their therapy dog. Begley has been helping both children and staff at St Mary’s Special School in Rochestown for over a year. Begley usually visits the school each Friday, and […]
Therapy dog brings light to children
April 1, 2020
Research has shown time and again how animals can help us lower our blood pressure, reduce our anxiety and relieve stress. Atrium Health uses a furry friend, Maggie, a Golden Retriever who is a licensed therapy dog, to help patients recovering at Levine Children’s Hospital.
Therapy dog visits nursing home residents
April 1, 2020
Elizabeth “Tiger” Maynard-White and her therapy dog Duke greeted residents at the Harbor Village Nursing Home in New London in a new way, through the windows, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The pair has been visiting since Duke was a puppy. In response to COVID-19 they didn’t want to stop visiting but wanted to […]
Macie the therapy dog visits Wallace Library
March 31, 2020
Ten minutes spent petting a dog can make a world of difference to a stressed-out college student—especially during finals week. To help students relax, Wallace Library is hosting a therapy dog event from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today on the first floor. The event is part of the library’s weeklong Destress Fest and a continuation […]
Pepper the therapy dog
March 31, 2020
The curly-haired Labradoodle sits next to the reception desk near the entrance of Shaler Area High School. She’s still as a statue, except for her tail, which wags nonstop as students hustle and bustle through the hallway. When people stop to pet the 42-pound dog, that tail wags even harder. The laminated badge she wears […]
Therapy dog Wookie helping patients at CarolinaEast
March 31, 2020
There’s a pet therapy dog at one hospital in the east that is having a big impact on patients and staff, which is hard not to, considering he weighs 175 pounds. But his size is only part of what makes him so special. Wookie is a Caucasian Shepherd who stands about three-feet tall and is […]
