[nagdu] Registering my dog as a certified therapy dog?

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi Lea:

I am a social worker who works in a seniors residential care centre here in Vancouver. I think the dog would be a great tool. My only comment is with Bogart I take him out of harness when I'm working with residents since most won't remember or understand why they can't pet him. He is very well loved we've witnessed him putting smiles on faces of those who have very little emotion ever touch their faces.

Don't know how to do all the things you were asking but I thin it will work.

Gary
  

----- Original Message -----
From: Lea williams <leanicole1988 at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:06 pm
Subject: [nagdu] Registering my dog as a certified therapy dog?
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Hey, I am trying to figure out how to write all this without jumbling
> it all up, so sorry if I do.
> 
> I am going to start working as a volunteer at a hospice. I will be
> going to a nursing home and hanging out with people who have a
> beginning case of demintchia. After a while the lady said she would
> like it if I went to the houses and hung out with the people to give
> the kids of these older people, a break and the chance to go places
> for a couple of hours. I am getting my TB scan this Friday and will
> take a couple of classes the middle of May. They know I am going to
> get a guide dog in June and are excited to meet my dog. There is 
> a guy
> who has a therapy dog and they want to put up a picture of my 
> dog with
> the therapy dog in the office. They are so opened up and excepting
> with me being blind. They really seem to be making a huge effort to
> give me as much of an opportunity as anyone else there. One of my
> biggest fears of working has always been the discrimination of me
> being blind. I know that I might face some with the other people there
> but I am ok with that.
> 
> So anyways, to get to my point...
> The idea was brought to me about registering my dog as a certified
> therapy dog and letting it help me with therapy at the nursing home.
> What are your thoughts about this and how would I go about doing it?
> My dog is going to go with me, no matter what, so I figured 
> doing this
> could only help rather than hurt but this is where I would love your
> input of the matter.
> 
> Also, I have more recently been told that I could register  
> my dog as
> a CGC dog. I think that means, K9 good cemariton or something like
> that? I would have to go double check that email.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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