Sentences with phrase «as trained therapy dogs»

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An interesting twist: The dogs in the experiment that had received training as service / therapy dogs showed greater caudate activation for the scent of a familiar human compared with the other dogs.

In Salt Lake City, a group called Intermountain Therapy Animals has developed a training program known as Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).

As the community - minded owner of a dog - training facility in Woodinville, Washington, Bishop was in the habit of taking her trained therapy dogs to hospices to cheer up terminally ill patients.

The puppy, who will weigh over 100 pounds when full - grown, is in training as a therapy dog and is a great incentive for children to read.

In addition to seeing - eye dogs and dogs that can be trained to detect seizures, animals can also be used in occupational therapy, speech therapy, or physical rehabilitation to help patients recover.1 Aside from these designated therapeutic roles, animals are also valued as companions, which can certainly affect the quality of our lives.

Police and animal control agencies use CGC for dealing with dog problems in the communities, some therapy dogs groups use the CGC program as a partial screening tool, and some 4 - H groups around the country have been using the CGC program as a beginning dog - training program for children.

In addition, the inmate / shelter program at Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center is changing the lives of the inmates, their families and the dogs who graduate with a Canine Good Citizen certificate to go on to further training to be certified as a service / therapy dog.

Now, nearly 13 years later, Nichols, who serves as director of operations, works with about 30 teams of animals and handlers in training and certifying dogs, cats and other animals to conduct therapy work.

The type of therapy dog training we do is dependent on a number of factors such as the type of work you want to do; your dog's breed, temperament and intelligence; dog and handler requirements, procedures and testing; specialized skills, and more.

So, training a dog is like building skills to do something... thus, I teach things such as obedience, therapy dogs, and scent / tracking.

She was diagnosed at the age of two while starting her training as a therapy dog.

Mary has trained dogs for police work, as well as hunting, herding and therapy work.She and her Grand Champion Australian Shepherd Tanner have received many commendations from the several different Veterans Associations for their therapy work.

Since training her first therapy dog in 2004, she has been involved with numerous shelter and rescue organizations, as foster mom, dog walker, and obedience instructor.

The trained Therapy Dog must be affectionate toward everyone it comes into contact with, and it must ignore and tolerate the use of wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, canes, irregular walking, jerky movements, as well as unusual or loud noises.

Danny has spina bifida, and Sipple began training Hogan as a certified therapy dog for Danny.

Therefore, I will only sell Wynnie's puppies to families that plan on raising their new puppy inside their home and as part of their family, plan on doing a dog sport or therapy work with their puppy and will sign a contract stating that Wynnie's puppy will be trained with force free / positive training methods.

Today the breed continues to excel in the field but they are also great at obedience, agility, rally, tracking, search and rescue, flyball, as therapy dogs, or just about anything you care to train them to do.

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These dogs do very well as assistance and therapy dogs, plus they can be trained for various dog sports like obedience and agility.

Think of it as continuing education for canines — from training to become a therapy dog to learning a fun sport like dock diving or competitive herding.

The wonderful people at Neel's Pet Hospital think that once Libby becomes a cancer survivor, she needs to be trained as a therapy dog.

The well - rounded comprehensive program gives students the fundamentals to continue their training for therapy and / or service dogs, and various other specialties as well.

We are currently doing obedience training and we plan to have Laika volunteer as a therapy dog when she gets older.

Today, many service dog organizations around the world breed and train labradoodles as guide dogs and therapy pets, but the dogs have also gained great popularity as family pets.

Dean is passionate about dogs that are trained as therapy animals.

We were among the few pairs in the room not planning to do the additional training to get certified as a therapy dog.

Unlike professionally trained service animals who act as guide dogs or detect seizures, therapy dogs are volunteers whose friendly personalities and excellent manners make them suitable to comfort and emotionally support humans in need of furry companionship.

If you are thinking about training your dog for a higher purpose, consider training him as a therapy dog.

Therapy dogs can be trained to work independently, but they typically work as a team with their own to improve the lives of the people they serve.

Becoming a therapy dog requires time and training, however, so make sure that both you and your dog are up to the task before you get started and choose a reputable program as well.

Mild - mannered breeds like the Labradoodle make great therapy dogs, but that is not all they are good for — they can also be trained as guide dogs.

Listen to Allie's webinar on «Give Your Dog A Job: Service, Assistance and Therapy Animals» as part of National Train Your Dog Month (January 2013)

This breed can be trained as a therapy dog and they generally do well around children and other pets.

An intelligent breed, these dogs can also be trained as therapy dogs and participate in agility training.

As a result of the PR generated by the dogs, and from Frei himself, trained and certified therapy animals and the good they do is increasingly accepted in all sorts of agencies — from nursing homes to rehab facilities and hospices.

After George realized how smitten people became when they encountered smiley, she decided to get him trained as a therapy dog.

CCI is a nonprofit that is training therapy dogs to comfort children at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children's Hospitals as part of their Child Life Services program.

Marti volunteers as a fundraiser with Veterans Moving Forward, Inc. a 501 © 3 that raises and trains Therapy dogs for Veterans with PTSD.

The CGC award is a great next step to continue training after Foundations, as well as a prerequisite for many therapy dog groups.

Jolene became her handler as well, training and testing with J.J. to ensure she'd be a successful therapy dog.

We provide services to the community including pet adoptions, low cost spay / neuter services, a weekly vaccine clinic, dog training and behavior, humane law enforcement, lost and found, trap neuter and return for free - roaming cats, humane education, pet therapy, a pet food pantry for low - income families as well as our Pittie Project, a proactive program to help keep Bully Breeds out of the shelter and improve their lives in the community.

For example, it is often quite easy to avoid the problem of training a dog to do things that will interfere with long - term task work (such as training a dog needed for balance to do an auto - sit or punishing a dog for jumping up that will need to do deep - pressure therapy).

Our highly trained technicians are now trained to: • Rapidly recognize patients with cardiopulmonary arrest • Properly administer high - quality chest compressions using the most up - to - date approaches in dogs and cats • Provide mouth - to - snout or intubated ventilation according to current evidence - based guidelines • Utilize effective communication and team skills that will improve our ability to manage emergent and critically ill patients • Choose the most useful monitoring devices for patients in cardiopulmonary arrest • Read and interpret the data from the various monitoring devices • Rapidly diagnose the arrest ECG rhythm to help choose the best ALS therapies for the patient • Administer the most effective drugs and other adjunctive therapies for patients with cardiopulmonary arrest • Perform life - saving procedures such as venous cutdowns, intraosseous catheter placement, use of defibrillator, and open chest CPR

This class will help prepare your dog for the CGC and Therapy Dog test, our Intermediate Obedience test, our Field Trip and Group Hike Meet Up classes as well as our protection trainidog for the CGC and Therapy Dog test, our Intermediate Obedience test, our Field Trip and Group Hike Meet Up classes as well as our protection trainiDog test, our Intermediate Obedience test, our Field Trip and Group Hike Meet Up classes as well as our protection training.

If you are interested in slower paced activities, you might like to try obedience classes, the Good Citizen Dog Scheme, Pets As Therapy, clicker training or heelwork to music.

She is a therapy dog trainer, companion dog instructor, a specialized instructor for training for humans with special needs and or impairments, as well as dogs with special needs and or physical impairments.

There are a host of broad exemptions that will continue to allow breeding for (1) use of dogs as service, guide or therapy animals, by search and rescue, law enforcement and other government agencies; (2) use of dogs for herding or as livestock guardian dogs or hunting dogs; (3) dogs or cats registered with the American Kennel Club, the Cat Fancier Association or other recognized registry or trained and kept for the purpose of show, field trials or agility trials; and (4) dogs or cats whose owner has obtained an unaltered animal permit.

Pedro senses the changes in my husband whether it is PTSD related or increased pain, he responds as if he was a highly trained therapy dog.

We do know that the first guide dogs specifically for the blind were trained in Germany at the end of World War I, and the first mental health service dog, a Yorkie named Smoky, was found by a soldier near the end of World War II and served as a therapy dog for soldiers for twelve years.