Comments on: The Making of a Therapy Dog: Archer’s First Visit http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:27:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barb http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462887 Barb Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:45:48 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462887 Good job, Archer! That is a great article - this is what doing pet therapy is all about. Mostly it is just the little joys and triumphs of being able to reach people in a special way. And if the dog has the correct temperament for this sort of work, they DO love it so!! The pet therapy group I used to work with had special collars and leads the dogs wore. Although of course whenever you take one dog somewhere, the others want to go too but they resign themselves to staying home - I found that when I put that special collar and lead on one of the dogs the others would really go crazy, they wanted to go SO BADLY. When I had more than one dog certified for visits, I had to keep those collars and leads in the car! Good job, Archer! That is a great article - this is what doing pet therapy is all about. Mostly it is just the little joys and triumphs of being able to reach people in a special way.

And if the dog has the correct temperament for this sort of work, they DO love it so!! The pet therapy group I used to work with had special collars and leads the dogs wore. Although of course whenever you take one dog somewhere, the others want to go too but they resign themselves to staying home - I found that when I put that special collar and lead on one of the dogs the others would really go crazy, they wanted to go SO BADLY.
When I had more than one dog certified for visits, I had to keep those collars and leads in the car!

]]> By: Mary Mary http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462810 Mary Mary Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:48:25 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462810 Oh that is so beautiful. Crying here too. Oh that is so beautiful. Crying here too.

]]> By: Marcy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462754 Marcy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:55:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462754 What a wonderful thing you and Archer are doing. You are making a difference in people's lives. Made me cry too. What a wonderful thing you and Archer are doing. You are making a difference in people’s lives.

Made me cry too.

]]> By: Heather http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462726 Heather Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:39:38 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462726 Beautiful, heart-warming and uplifting. Glad it's not just me that cried whilst reading this. Beautiful, heart-warming and uplifting. Glad it’s not just me that cried whilst reading this.

]]> By: Sheyna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462711 Sheyna Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:42:21 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462711 I needed a good cry. I would imagine that besides needing a spectacular dog, the handler needs to be of a certain temperment as well. It sounds like a very emotional job. I needed a good cry.

I would imagine that besides needing a spectacular dog, the handler needs to be of a certain temperment as well. It sounds like a very emotional job.

]]> By: Original Lori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462693 Original Lori Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:59:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462693 Good, GOOD dog, Archer! ::sniffle:: Good, GOOD dog, Archer! ::sniffle::

]]> By: Susan http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/06/25/the-making-of-a-therapy-dog-archers-first-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-462686 Susan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:29:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=7721#comment-462686 What a lovely, heartwarming post. I have a gigantic lump in my throat. Kudos to you and Archer. What a lovely, heartwarming post. I have a gigantic lump in my throat. Kudos to you and Archer.

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