Therapy Tuesday

Mom has been working on conducting a

Delta Pet Partner Workshop.

This workshop is to provide new pet partner teams

the tools and knowledge

to complete a

SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION!

Its been quit difficult to get everyones schedules

to mesh

Well it finally has happened.

Dates where scheduled

January 5th, 8th, 12th and 13th, 2011

and

Six Teams have been confirmed to participate.

Bert and Jo Lee (Small Standard Poodle)

Jan and Maggie (King Charles Spaniel)

Marti/Jack and Jake (Spaniel Mix)

Joan and Monty (Miniature Poodle)

Miriam and Darby (Greyhound)

Margo and Iggy (Chi/Pom Mix)

We would like to 

THANK 

these teams

and

Wish them 

LUCK

On their journey to becoming

Registered Delta Pet Partner Teams!

The first date

Wednesday, January 5th

was the first of two handler and dog classes.

This class proved to the handlers,

that pet therapy isn't just about having a cute

partner! 

 There is so much more.

Here is a link to what our

Delta Evaluator/Instructor

Sue Grundfest

of

Las Vegas Love Dog

had to say about our first dates.

http://www.cocothelovedog.com/wordpress/2011/01/st-george-team-comes-to-vegas-for-further-training/

The second date

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

was a very long day

which we all had to make a trip to

Las Vegas, Nevada

the dogs got to stay home except for

Brutus and Tytus.

DeBoy's had to go to work

and be

EVALUATED

with lots and lots of kids

from the ages of

infants to 8 year olds.

The first stop of the day was to give our new teams

a look at a

Library Visit

(classified as a high stress level for pet therapy)

Pet Therapy teams need to know how to handle the unknown,

how many kids

what ages

naughty or nice.

This evaluation wasn't just any evaluation,

many eyes where watching:

eye's of the new teams

(thats 12 eye's)

and

the eye's of the kids

(way to many to count but the best one's)

and

eye's of 

THE

EVALUATOR

SUE!

As we entered the library room

we were reminded,

"one mess up and your out of the room"

No Problem,

we said

"there is nothing to be worried about"

We

Love

Kids!

Well, here are a few photos of us at the library

with lots and lots of kids

loving, hugging, petting, feeling

us all at the same time.

At times we would say we had at least 4 sets of hands on us

during the whole story time.

Now its your turn to put your evaluating eye's on us.

(no idea how many eye's now)

How do you think we did?

Cypress our Las Vegas Team Member

Sue and Kirby

 

The next two dates have been postponed

due to

knee surgery.

We all wish you well as you recover from your surgery.