Stay! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs Two very important commands to teach your dog are "Stay" and "Wait." "Stay" means that your dog stays in a position, like "Sit" or "Down," until you give a release command. A release command is a word that tells your dog that they no longer have to obey a command. Words like "free," "go," "ok," etc are all good words to use to … [Read more...]
DOWN!
Down! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs In my last post, I introduced you to obedience training and described how to teach your dog to sit using the Sit command. Today's blog post is going to be about teaching your dog to lay down using the Down command. Down and Sit can be taught and practiced at the same time. Once your dog understands Sit, Down naturally follows so both … [Read more...]
UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM GETS PET THERAPY FUN
At the Unified Sports Program, having awesome amounts of fun! And, we were able to get some great pictures at the Unified Sports Program of our therapy dogs, Leo, Zoe, Ivy Grace, Jake, Daisy, Douglas, Hunter and Seamus to show you. We've also put the pictures into a collage to post on Facebook and Twitter. This past Sunday, February 7, 2016, our group was invited by ACS (Army … [Read more...]
OUR THERAPY DOGS CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY 2016 AT ARC IN CONGERS NEW YORK
OUR THERAPY DOGS CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY 2016 AT ARC IN CONGERS NEW YORK Here are some of our therapy dogs hard at work celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at ARC of Rockland in Congers, New York. ARC of Rockland is a non-profit organization that provides support and services to people of all ages (from infants to seniors) who have intellectual and other … [Read more...]
HUDSON VALLEY PAWS FOR A CAUSE BRING JOY
Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause Bring Joy written by Cathy Radziemski You can’t open a newspaper or magazine, or watch a news clip or documentary, or peruse the dog books in a bookstore these days without seeing the story of a dog that is labeled a “Therapy Dog”. In The Hudson Valley in the summer of 2011, a small group of dedicated Therapy Dogs and their owners took on a … [Read more...]