Wordless Wednesday

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. 

Baby Sitting

Boy oh Boy,

we have been

Baby Sitting

for the last four days.

The first day

What on earth are these?

No, not bunnies.

Maybe kittens, no.

Mom, says they are puppies

and we have to be

SUPER CAREFUL.

OK, if these are puppies what are we suppose to do with these guys?

They're not any bigger than our heads.

In fact

Our bunnies are bigger! 

Our duties were to keep an eye on them.

Brutus you watch the little one over there!

And, I will watch this one over here!

Meet Little Miss

she is the one Brutus is watching.

and

the little boy puppy

with no name, yet.

He is the one I am watching.

Mom, are you sure they aren't

BUNNIES?

maybe the energizer bunnies

because

they never stop!

Tytus, I have a plan

you take first watch

while I catch a couple minutes

of

shut eye.

Brutus it's your turn to

WATCH!

Mom

Please

let us bring them in for a 

NAP!

Shhhhhh

The babies are almost asleep.

REALLY

Don't Make A Sound

PLEASE

We want them to sleep as long as possible.

Aren't they so

CUTE!

I'm Not

Sleeping

Do You Want To

Play

With Me?

Brutus is on watch again,

I'm going to

lounge up here

for awhile.

So, that little miss can't get my feet.

I was busted

Little Miss

your not so

bad.

We have done

our best

Baby Sitting.

and

Quit proud of the things we

have

learned

and

TAUGHT!

Did you know that it is

custom

for a

Baby Sitter

to teach

the little one's

something

Good or Bad!

We really did have fun these last four days.

Getting to know these little guys.

So, we hope that the lesson we

TAUGHT

won't make this

our

First and Last

Baby Sitting Job!

Wordless Wednesday

Manic Monday

All dressed up again and ready for our weekly visit to the Hospital...Kids are awaiting...Woof Woof

Weekly Quest For Good Hiking Trail

Today we have started our quest for hiking trails in our area -- our goal is to find a new trail to travel or explore deeper into trails we have already traveled on a weekly bases. Well we started out on a trail from the Washington City Park that was to take us down along the river, so that we could play in the water. No luck for a good trail, it was very short and no access to the river water. We didn't allow this to stop us on our quest, so loaded back into the car and drove up the road to find our first trail of our quest.

We followed the tortoise fence to find access to the Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Habitat. "Hey Brutus," says Tytus, "I think we better bring water next time, it is getting hot out."

And, here we are still traveling this unknown trail to us to find the access gate. The terrain so far is sandy, desert, hills, gulley's and a few desert flowers. Brutus wants to know if we are there yet...

"Here is the access, Brutus" says Tytus. Brutus yelling, "Wait for me, I can't do it..."

"...Oh, yes I can!"

Here we are at our resting point, turn around spot. We will defently be continuing this hike...Access found...next time continue onto find the Elephant Rock...clear up into those red rocks behind us. Definetly will be bringing water with us, next time.

Until then...Have a good day!

Where's Brutus?

We where outside yesturday doing some yardwork.  I took a quick look for DeBoy's...

WHERE'S BRUTUS!

THERE YOU ARE...hiding in the bushes sound a sleep.