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. 

Our First Post of the New Year 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to you all.

We hope you all had a fabulous

HOLIDAY SEASON

Our update of what we have been doing and are working on now.

• Therapy Dog Service: As most of you probably know the Holiday Season is one our busiest times of the year. The past couple of months -- November through December -- we sure worked hard making sure we put BIG SMILES on our clients/patients faces by dressing up in some holiday outfits. Even though at times our faces my have looked like we were discussed -- we sure had fun when we seen how everyone reacted. We are some of the biggest HAM BONES you will ever find.
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• Adding Team Members:  Mom has been very busy this past year to help other teams get registered with the Delta Pet Partner Program in our area.  Which lead to the formation of DeBoy's Therapy Animal Group -- which will go by DeBoy's T.A.G. Team as new teams complete their training, evaluations and registrations.  Which we are very excited to announce our 1st Delta Pet Partner Workshop is being conducted this week and next.

• Our Play Time:  With being therapy dogs and working on a weekly basis, mom has us doing lots of different things to keep us fit, less stressed and having the opportunity to be just plan DOGS.  Although we absolutely LOVE our work, we must play; so our play time consist of agility, fly ball, trick & challenge training, swimming, hiking, walking with friends and just cuddling up to dad at night after spending the whole day with mom. 
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• Mom's Blogging Goal:  Mom has decided to get herself organized.  LOL  She is using the month of January to get a good standardize simple plan in place for posting.  If anyone out there can help her with this idea, please do.  Well here is what she is thinking           
• Blog Post Themes (some we are doing now, but need to be                 more consistent)

                   Monday's:  Manic Mondays (we wish it were Sunday) -- devoted to our preparation for our therapy visits: which in tale revolves around our weekly baths.  These post will most likely be just photo's, hoping they speak for themselves.

                   Tuesday's:  Therapy Days -- devoted to what we encountered during our Monday visits to the hospital (Dixie Regional Medical Center) and Tuesday visits to Cliff View Senior Living Center.  Hopefully we will be able to capture some video/photos of us with the patients.

                   Wednesday's:  Wordless Wednesday -- this one we love to participate in for we love seeing all of your photo post that speak a thousand words all by themselves.  PRICELESS!

                   Thursday's:  This day maybe a mixture of Tricks and Training Challenges -- Ricky please forgive us for not be a very good participant lately, we love your ideas and you all are an inspiration to us.  Thank you for letting us be a part of your day.

                   Friday's:  Not sure what to call this day.  Maybe we will use this day to post about things of the past.  Hmmm  

                   Saturday's and Sunday's:  Posting will be very limited these two days -- for this is our time to spend with DAD!

So, with this all said, mom is on her way of completing one of her NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS -- making her/our blog post simpler and by February we should be posting consistently.  

Wish us luck and happy blogging to you all.

-- Brutus, Tytus and Patti

    

Wordless Wednesday

Have You Ever Wondered If Your Dog Has What It Takes To Be A Therapy Dog?

If you live in the southern portion of UTAH -- Mark your calendars for May 10th, 2010 at 3:00 pm -- 'DeBoy's Therapy Animal Group' will be hosting an

Information & Pre-Evaluation Meeting for Delta Society Pet Partner Program

Sue Grundfest will be coming to town to answer all of our questions about Delta Society Pet Partner Program. Sue is the Delta Pet Partner Evaluator/Instructor that evaluated Brutus and Tytus. It has been a challenge to make this happen, she is very busy with evaluating and insturcting pet partner teams in Vegas. So, please help us make this a worthwhile trip to St. George for her. We have been bragging about our teams for some time now and she has agreed to come meet us all.

Who is this meeting for? Anyone that is interested in becoming a Registed Delta Pet Partner Team. This is the time to find out if you and your pet has what it takes to be a pet partner team.

Current Therapy Dog Teams: This is your chance to get information, ask questions about how and why we should be registered with the Detla Society. What Delta Society is? What they offer?

New/Upcoming/Therary Dog Teams: This is your chance to see if you and your dog have what it takes to be a pet partner team. Does your dog have the right temperament to be a therapy dog? Do ou want to know what is expected of you and your dog as a therapy dog team? This is the time and place to find out. Bring your dogs to have his/her temperament pre-evaluated -- remember your dog will be amoung other dogs.

Please call me at 435.862.3933 or email at pattiandboys@me.com to request a seat and get information on where this exciting event will be held. We want you and your dog to come to this meeting -- We want the chance for Sue to meet all of our great teams -- current and upcoming. This is our chance to show that a small community has BIG HEARTS and are willing to go the extra mile.