Sentences with phrase «therapy dog for»

she has been sort of a therapy dog for our autistic grandson.............

And how he to learn of his higher purpose as a Therapy Dog for children with Autism and the elderly.

Kody is a BMD and has been a certified and working Therapy dog for 5 years in the Myrtle Beach area.

Dan is now a registered therapy dog for veterans with PTSD, a «breed ambass - a-dog» brother to two silly pugs, and is also the inspiration and for Sav - a-Bull Pit Bull Rescue.

She's working with Nova to make her a therapy dog for hospitalized children.

But Kermit's calm demeanor and «knack of knowing who to go to,» made him a perfect candidate for training to become a certified therapy dog for funeral services, reported the Austin Chronicle.

Additionally, one of her dogs works as a therapy dog for Rainbow AAT at Lutheran General Hospital visiting patients.

Gayle began her program with her Labrador Retriever Harley, who was a therapy dog for 16 years, although he is no longer with us, her new Labrador Phiglio has continued where Harley left off, she goes to work with Gayle everyday and visits the residents during her breaks.?

Perhaps for this reason, the Golden Retriever has become popular as a therapy dog for autistic children.

Very much in need of a service / therapy dog for PTSD!

It's a big week as the pup is also taking his Canine Good Citizen test, which is the first step in his quest to become a therapy dog for deaf and hearing - impaired children.

Elu's owner, Lorain Land, of Westminster, said Elu is a pet therapy dog for schools, hospitals and nursing homes.

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.

The children choose a book and proceed to read out loud to a therapy dog for 10 minutes at a time.

Nowadays, it is also used as a family dog and even a therapy dog for those with anxiety or mental health issues.

They are not the pick for families with children, not the pick if your life long dream is to have a therapy dog for cancer patients to hug and children to read to.

Our male Mastiff was a service dog at age two, a therapy dog for a time and a show champion.

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

Rocco, her Bichon Frise was a pet therapy dog for 10 years at Chomp's Westland House visiting cancer and rehab patients.

Simon spent most of his life being a Therapy Dog for Paw Pals and then went on to do therapy for people for Good Shepherd Hospice.

Provides qualified handlers and their therapy dogs for visits.

I know dogs are used as therapy dogs for adults and children for a variety of purposes: seizure alert dogs; hearing ear dogs — sound alert dogs; guide dogs for the blind; help with a variety of disabilities; and even help with certain phobias, such as agoraphobia.

Although therapy dogs for autistic children and adults are therapeutic influences in the lives of their handlers, they usually lack the specialized training service dogs do.

Recognizing the powerful impact animals can have on seriously ill patients, most hospitals have permitted visits from therapy dogs for years.

This breed is used as both seeing eye dogs and therapy dogs for nursing homes.

Founded in November of 1999, Reading Education Assistance Dogs or R.E.A.D by Utah - based Intermountain Therapy Animals, was the first to use trained therapy dogs for the purpose of engaging reluctant readers.

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

Nevertheless its scary facade, dogs have found work as service animals and as therapy dogs for children and the elderly.

While they have a history of working on the water, many people have adopted them as service dogs or therapy dogs for the hearing impaired, for assistance with mobility and as emergency responders.

Under the new program — «Dog Tags: Service Dogs for Those Who've Served Us» — prison inmates train and raise puppies to become service and therapy dogs for wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

They make excellent therapy dogs for this reason.

They can be trained as guide dogs for the blind and as therapy dogs for nursing home visitations.

I've been handling animal - assisted therapy dogs for 7 years, and knew that getting my new Rottie pup Sophie off on the right start would be essential to reaching our goal of certification at 12 months of age.

America's VetDogs provides guide, service and assistance dogs to disabled veterans and active duty personnel; physical and occupational therapy dogs for VA and military hospitals; and combat stress control dogs to deployed overseas.

We assist in training K9s for Police departments, drug task force and Therapy dogs for abused children..

Not exact matches

Therapy dogs visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sun., Feb. 25, 2018, for an open house as parents and students return to the school for the first time since the shooting.

Thanks to the therapy dogs; they have been a major source of healing for my Eagles!

A therapy dog may be great for one family and completely wrong for another family.

After Vick and others were convicted on federal charges of trafficking and sponsoring fighting dogs, Jonny won a Most Beautiful Dog in the Country contest in 2012, had a Gund plush toy created in his likeness and last week was recognized for his work as a therapy dog with a new award: ASPCA Dog of the YeDog in the Country contest in 2012, had a Gund plush toy created in his likeness and last week was recognized for his work as a therapy dog with a new award: ASPCA Dog of the Yedog with a new award: ASPCA Dog of the YeDog of the Year.

The Discovery Museums provide dinner, therapy dogs, and the opportunity to explore at Especially for Me!

Michele is a member of the Association of Play Therapy (APT)-- United States, Colorado Association of Play Therapy (CAPT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA), International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST - D), American Counseling Association (ACA), the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International, and the Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD).

David A. Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP, RPT - S is a nationally renowned child psychologist who is best known for his pioneering work in the area of play therapy and the use of facility dogs in trauma - informed child therapy.

In 2003, his Newfoundland dog Lulu won the Westminster Dog show «Lifetime achievement award» for her work with the Pets As Therapy charidog Lulu won the Westminster Dog show «Lifetime achievement award» for her work with the Pets As Therapy chariDog show «Lifetime achievement award» for her work with the Pets As Therapy charity.

Ruxandra Draghia - Akli and her colleagues at VGX Pharmaceuticals in The Woodlands, Texas, inserted DNA containing the gene for growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) into the muscles of 43 pet dogs that were undergoing drug therapy for a range of different cancers.

Using genomic analysis to study cancer in dogs can help develop new therapies for humans with cancer, according to a proof - of - concept study led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

«While further research is needed to conclusively demonstrate a link, the dog may indeed be a sentinel for humans — it shares the same environment, exhibits the same range of diseases, many with the same frequency and responds in a similar way to therapies.»

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.

The concept of a therapy dog is often attributed to Elaine Smith, an American who worked as a registered nurse for a time in England.

The teams» three papers, each on Nordic dogs (Swedish Vallhund and Norwegian Elkhound) and each addressing blinding ocular diseases affecting both dogs and people, identified genes causing retinal disease and glaucoma, which may lead to gene therapies for dogs and humans.

Work on gene therapy is showing significant progress for restoring muscle strength and prolonging lives in dogs with a previously incurable, inherited neuromuscular disease.