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She's Official...
Welcome to the Happy House | August 18th 2008 by Charity
After I get done reading all of the material I received in our packet today, I'm going to make some phone calls to find out where and when we can make our first therapy visit. I'm so excited about this, but also a little bit nervous since I'm not sur read more
Uno the Beagle - Certified Therapy Dog
SnifNYCDogs | August 11th 2008 by SNIF Labs
Uno the Beagle, who was named Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show earlier this year, was just certified as a therapy dog!! In fact, he did his training the same place that Oscar did - the ASPCA up on 92nd Street!! Way to go, Uno!! If yo read more
How do I go about establishing my beagle puppy as a therapy dog?
Best American Dog | August 1st 2008 by golferboy
Me and my beagle asked: My 5 month old male beagle puppy is pretty special in my opinion, and although I do not know much about it, I think he has the potential to be a great therapy dog. He is incredibly calm, loves people, loves affection and resp read more
Our New Therapy Dog
Welcome to the Happy House | July 26th 2008 by Charity
Wilbon's Katie Scarlett O'Hara CGC TDIKatie took the Therapy Dog test today and she passed! Hooray!!! I was so proud of her. I won't say she passed with flying colors because a bit of her wild child side did show itself and she also slimed the ev read more
The Silver Lining
Doggies Dog Blog | June 21st 2008
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that one of the dog’s seized from Michael Vick’s dog fighting business has gone to California and is working with cancer patients as a therapy dog. The oncology director, Paula Reed, says, “He is won read more
The Good Dog Foundation - Local Therapy Dog Organization
SnifNYCDogs | June 13th 2008 by SNIF Labs
There was a nice article in the Berkshire Eagle: Pet therapy: Good dogs, even better results which talks about the benefits of pet therapy, but it also drew my attention to a local therapy dog organization. If you’ve been keeping up with read more
Dogs & At Risk Youth Heal Together
For All The Dogs and Their Human | May 28th 2008 by Miss Debra Rae
Back from the hospital...New thoughts on feeling better...
ShoppingKharma-What comes around goes around | May 24th 2008 by C.J. Armstrong
Well after a couple of days and a painful post about cherishing your good health, wouldn't you know that I just spent a couple of days in the new Kaiser hospital. I was actually excited (just a little bit) because I knew that they had wireless inte read more
Kaiser's Therapy Dog
Travels (and more) With Cecilia Brainard | May 20th 2008 by Cecilia Brainard
I should be reading a student's novel that I'm critiquing but it's been a while since I've blogged so here goes.I will not get into details, dear Readers, but I was in Kaiser's emergency room last week, not because of me but of someone else. The las read more
Spokesdog Contest and a Good Cause
SnifNYCDogs | May 8th 2008 by SNIF Labs
Enter your dog as a contestant to become the new spokesdog for Lees carpet and help the Delta Society therapy dog organization at the same time!! For every entry, Lees will donate $1 to Delta Society! The winner of the last Muddiest Buddy Co read more
Our Adventure in getting a dream puppy....
ShoppingKharma-What comes around goes around | May 3rd 2008 by C.J. Armstrong
Just look at that face and tell me that she can't make you smile. She's very sensitive and sweet but what Shetland Sheepdog isn't? We got her exactly 2 years ago on the 6th of May just prior to learning that my cancer had returned. She certainly m read more
Recognizing Anxiety, Depression and Pain in your Dog
SnifNYCDogs | April 21st 2008 by SNIF Labs
This ABC News article: Dogs in Pain May Act Depressed is a little lengthy, but well worth the read. It’s title is a little misleading, because the article gives great tips on how to recognize the signs of anxiety, depression AND pain in yo read more
Oscar’s Therapy Dog Tales - Installment 1
SnifNYCDogs | April 17th 2008 by SNIF Labs
Now that we’ve finished chronicling our journey to become a therapy dog team (click here for Becoming a Therapy Dog - Parts 1 through 6), we’d like to periodically share some of our special visits with you. Every week, we meet wonder read more
Pet Therapy Week at St. Vincent’s Hospital
SnifNYCDogs | April 14th 2008 by SNIF Labs
This week is Pet Therapy Week at St. Vincent’s hospital. Stop by the Link Pavillion any time this week to learn about the Animal-Assisted Therapy program at St. Vincent’s. You can also buy baked goods and calendars to support the the read more
Dog Therapy For Prisoners
For All The Dogs and Their Human | March 31st 2008 by Miss Debra Rae
Once again our pal the dog makes life better. A compassionate canine visits prisoners in Utah and helps them open up in group therapy sessions. I'm continually amazed at our best buddy the dog. Not only do they protect us, save us, warn us, play w read more
In honor of Rusty the therapy dog - spring special
Pack Wisdom | March 26th 2008 by jim
In honor of Rusty the therapy dog - spring special Linda, one of our dog-loving bloggers on our new community site I Remember Love, recently wrote about her dog, Rusty, who just passed his evaluation to become a full-fledged therapy dog. Besides Lind read more
Sammy's Very Long Day
Patience-please | March 14th 2008 by Patience Renzulli
I've plain old run out of adjectives. Stellar - used. Superstar - used. Sweet - used, used, used. OK, let's try this one: Sam I Am is spectacular.On Monday, I was scheduled to do on-air fundraising for our local National Public Radio station, WKMS. S read more
Adele - Service Dog Extraordinaire!
SnifNYCDogs | March 12th 2008 by SNIF Labs
We got the chance to meet a truly amazing dog last week - a black lab named Adele. My colleague, Mitch, met Adele and her owner Marty Harris, while walking his dog and convinced her to come by the Snif Labs office to share her inspirational story read more
Becoming a Therapy Dog - Part 6
SnifNYCDogs | March 10th 2008 by SNIF Labs
If you’re just joining us, catch up by reading Becoming a Therapy Dog - Parts 1 through 5. Back to our story where we just received our official Delta Society Pet Partners badges… We must be close now…actually depending on the f read more
Peace
Patience-please | March 9th 2008 by Patience Renzulli
Normally, I hate the spring forward time change. Oh I enjoy the longer days, yes I do, but being more of a night person I do not do well losing that morning hour of sleep. This morning, after such a long, cold, gray and miserable winter, waking to gl read more
Amiko the Therapy Dog
Bark 'N' Blog | March 5th 2008 by Dr. Kim Bloomer
I prefer the leaning method as well Amiko, WOOF! Of course, you have a nice, soft, sweet wee human’s lap to lie down in, WOOF! I’m glad you’re out there doing good things to help humans be well Amiko all while showing how us dogs (y read more
A Stellar Soul
Patience-please | March 4th 2008 by Patience Renzulli
Sam I Am has started his career as a Therapy Dog. It is high time. He has quietly been doing wonderful work unofficially with his friends and neighbors. This community is the result of an Artist Relocation Program, sponsored by the City of Paducah. I read more
Becoming a Therapy Dog - Part 5
SnifNYCDogs | February 20th 2008 by SNIF Labs
If you’re just joining us, catch up by reading Becoming a Therapy Dog - Parts 1 through 4. Back to our story where we just failed our therapy dog evaluation… We ended up registering for the ASPCA’s “Go Say Hi” traini read more
Book Review: Dr. Duncan Dog on Duty
Small Dogs Paradise | February 16th 2008 by Renée Alexandrea
With so many children’s books cater to 4 to 8 years old available, parents and preschool teachers usually have a hard time picking out the right books for them. While there is no such thing as bad children books, finding one that entertains, captiv read more
CANCELLED.
Patience-please | February 11th 2008 by Patience Renzulli
Well, rats and rats. Sam I Am's first visit as a Therapy Dog was cancelled today because it is simply loathly out. It is sleeting, windy, gray, gross, and disgustful. I was suffering from a contagion of my dear husband's Pollyana-itis. I ignored the read more
In the mail
Patience-please | February 6th 2008 by Patience Renzulli
How excited are we? Very!These came in the mail yesterday:Luckily neither the mail carrier nor any of us got blown away last night. Very Old Dog has lost enough of his hearing that the thunder was manageable. He was standing on the bed with his worry read more
Holy mackerel! Let me show you to your room, Mr. Gibson!
Funny Emails | January 14th 2008 by Peter
When he stands on his hind legs, the 170-pound “Harlequin” Great Dane is more than 7 feet tall, and has a shoulder height of 42.6 inches (topping Harvey’s old record of 41.5 inches). Thankfully for everyone, Gibson is just a big, fr read more
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