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What is a therapy dog? A therapy dog is a dog with a wonderful temperament trained to provide affection and comfort to people in retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, hospitals, and stressful Situations! |
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Our dogs provide goal oriented benefits to patients, residents and students in the following ways: |
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Diminish pain Lower blood pressure Reduce stress and anxiety Normalize the environment Provide unique sensory stimuli
Our goal is to have all therapy dogs certified by a professional therapy dog organization that provides registration, support and insurance. Many of our visiting establishments will only accept certified dogs and ninety five percent of our dogs are currently registered with a therapy dog organization. We will help you achieve this goal. |