pet connection

In my last post, I wrote about my Mom and her dog, Ginger, graduating from therapy dog class. Although I had to give my Mom some ‘atta girls’ for graduating, I also want to share the praise with everyone who graduated from class.

Kindred Spirits Dog Training has an informative therapy dog class but also a demanding one. When we graduate dogs and owners from this class, we want to make sure that the dogs and owners are suited for this volunteer activity. With twelve dogs and their owners graduating, there will be twelve more dogs visiting people in retirement facilities, nursing homes, Veterans facilities, and children’s special education classrooms. In addition, several of these volunteers are interested in the read to dogs programs in the local libraries.

Last year I wrote a series of posts, “The Making of a Therapy Dog,” about my youngest dog’s journey through the class. The series was nominated by Dog Writers Association of America for “Best Blog Series” in last year’s writing contest.

Twelve dogs and their owners graduated from last Saturday’s class and I – and Kindred Spirits – send congratulations to all of them.

The Leonberger, Bear, is approached by one of Kindred Spirits' volunteers, Lindlee, during training. Bear was calm, well behaved and unfazed by her enthusiastic greeting. Good boy! Bear's owner is Cherrie Giles.

Annabelle, a Boxer, and her owner, Kelli Kaliszewski, are congratulated by Kate Abbott, the class instructor and board president of Love on a Leash.

Jeff Gross and his German Shepherd Dog, Storm.

Teenager Zach Tucker is congratulated by Kate for his hard work and the success he's achieved with his husky, Cora.

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