About Us
With over a decade of experience in the therapy dog world, Bob & Mary are here to help you.
Training for over ten years, Bob & Mary, both, carry credentials with the American Kennel Club for Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Community Canine (CGCA) & Urban Canine (CGCU) evaluations and they certify for two AKC Recognized, National Therapy Dog Organizations; Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc. and Love on a Leash.
They will work with you to teach you to train your potential therapy dog. They offer lessons, group walks and knowledge of the different training equipment to make this journey a pleasant experience for both you and your dog.
What Is a Therapy Dog's Job?
Therapy dogs and their handlers visit a variety of facilities including nursing homes, hospitals, senior centers, libraries, schools, assisted living, memory care and hospice where they provide emotional support and comfort.
Pet therapists are in great demand and there is a serious shortage of therapy dogs. Should you be interested is becoming a Therapy Dog Team with your pup, let us know and we will help you get started.
What Benefits Are There to Therapy Dog Visits?
A visit from a Therapy Dog can offer tremendous benefits to adults and children of all ages in a wide variety of settings.
These benefits include:
•Physiological improvements & Benefits - A visit provides a welcome change from routine.
•Easing communication with others - Children, the mentally ill, or depressed individuals communicate
better with dogs than with people.
•Improving skills - Fostering reading abilities in children
•Physical improvements - which come from petting or playing with a dog.
•Sharing happiness and laughter.
"The objective of a pet therapy visit is to provide comfort and pleasure to someone in need."
Therapy dogs have significant health benefits and can reduce stress, anxiety and depression as well as
provide a sense of connection in difficult situations. To many of the people, dogs bring back pleasant and
warm memories of family pets from days gone by.
Sometimes a patient with depression who hasn’t spoken for a while will have a conversation with a dog. Difficult patients sometimes become more compliant when a furry face shows them affection and convinces them to follow doctor’s orders.
Announcement
We are evaluators/certifiers for “The Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc.” (BBTD) and was informed that BBTD is here to help already certified Teams struggling with Therapy Dogs Inc. “TDI”. BBTD will waive the $20 registration fee for all TDI Teams who would like to become certified with BBTD. There will still be a $50 annual membership fee.
We sympathize with those who have been set adrift and are ready to get you back on board again.
Please contact me, even if you are not in my area, and I will guide you to find an evaluator in your area or instruct you on remote certification.