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Developing a Therapy Dog
What 'ingredients' are required for a great Therapy Dog? Certainly a keen awareness of what a therpay animal can indeed provide can serve as a foundation in developing your dog for therapy work. Being aware of the various establishments and venues can help direct you...
Workplace Therapy Dogs: Boosting Morale & Productivity
Photo by devn on Unsplash In the modern workplace, a furry solution has emerged to help combat the challenges of burnout – workplace therapy dogs. Workplace therapy dogs are a new thing to watch out for. These unlikely sets of coworkers have been...
Wonderful Benefits of Kids Reading to a Dog
Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA Reading to a dog offers many benefits for kids, which is why many therapy dogs help children develop their reading comprehension and skills. Alison Keenan, author of "Piper Finds Her Special,"...
Are Therapy Dogs Fit for Crisis Response?
Image by Terje Ansgar Eriksen Being able to distinguish between therapy and comfort dogs will help us understand their roles well. But since they both provide the same love and care, let's break them down below. Traumatic events will leave anyone in shock...
A Brief History of Therapy Dogs: Some Facts and Trivia
Piper Finds Her Special is a wonderful book about therapy dogs by Alison Keenan with the intent of promoting and easing children into a love of reading. The star of Piper Finds Her Special, this wonderful book about a therapy dog by Alison Keenan, is...
The Difference I Can make….
It seems lately that we are bombarded with tragic events and occurrences that are out of our control. It may leave us with a sense of gloom and doom as well as frustration, fear and an overall sense of helplessness. Sometimes these events may seem like they happen to...
Life’s Purpose After Severe Illness
Photo by Phil An acute illness can have critical consequences, disrupting numerous aspects of one’s life. Staying mentally healthy can be tricky when one is struck with these significant events, deranging how one views their life’s purpose. Recovery from severe...
Man’s Best Friend and Clinical Companion: Therapy Dogs
Photo by Valeriia Miller For the longest, dogs have been regarded as man’s best friend. This isn’t only because of their adorable semblance and endearing nature. But it’s also because they serve numerous purposes, from protectors to companions and even as therapy...
A Day of Love with a Dog
So often, we think of the Day of Love being a day to remember our Valentine with sweets, cards, flowers or other tangible offerings of our love and affection. But there is no need, really, to spend money when you can offer that same...
Special News Release
Newspaper headline : "BREAKING NEWS". Realistic newspaper isolated on blank background. Piper makes headlines for impacting students in school reading program Teachers are tasked with the difficult jobs of educating their students and...
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