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If you are a nursing home, rehab facility, or a library (with
a reading program), in the Perry County, Pa. area and you'd
like either Popsicle
or Helga
to visit, email
me!
(note: from time to time it is necessary we change email addresses
due to unscrupulous email harvestors and spammers.)
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KPETS
(Keystone Pet Enhancement Therapy Services)
Central Pennsylvania area therapy pet group |
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Therapy
Dogs, Inc.
The purpose of Therapy Dog Inc visits is to provide service in a
volunteer capacity. Therapy dog visitations are so named because
they provide a therapeutic benefit to the general public. Referring
page (owned and copyrighted by Therapy Dogs, Inc.
Please visit their site for more information) |
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Love
On a Leash
For Therapy Pets (dogs, cats, birds, etc.)
Based in California, with chapters throughout the country
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What does it take to be a Therapy Pet Team?
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I can tell you what I did and perhaps it will
inspire you to follow through and become a therapy pet team with
your pet!
First thing I did was research. I looked online
at the different therapy pet organizations websites and gleaned
what I could from there, and I bought books on the subject. I
highly recommend these books that I've read:
There are more books that can be added to this list, but I highly
recommend starting with these before you go out and seek a nursing
home to *test the waters* with your pet.
After reading and taking notes from these books, I contacted several
of the therapy pet organizations for information and to see if there
were local representatives / testers and also if their support matched
my needs. I live away from cities, just local towns, so traveling
was out of the question for me for classes, etc.
While getting in touch with the various organizations, I went to
the 2 local nursing homes and talked to their Therapeutic Recreation
Directors and explained what my goal was and if I could bring my
dog to their facility under their supervision for training and exposure.
I did this first with my dog, Helga.
It wasn't until Helga was further in her training that I thought
of trying this with one of my cats..
Story to be continued......
Meanwhile, what you can do is lots of research
on the subject starting with the books I've recommended. Arrange
to attend a KPETS orientation if you are in the Perry, Dauphin,
Cumberland, York, or Lancaster Counties.
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More coming soon! |
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Information about Therapy Pet Organizations
and Therapy Pet work / Animal Assisted Activites coming soon |
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Popsicle was adopted from a local Rescue Shelter, Angel
Pet Services. Please consider adopting your next pet from your local
shelter.
Visit / call your local Rescue
Agency
Visit the Therapy
Pet Handler Store for Shirts and other items
Additional shirt choices at Zazzle
Other sites of intererest:
LongCoatShepherd
Cicadas,Moths,Purrs
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