Awesome weekend at the 9/11 Memorial Community Day in NYC and at the Marist College Fundraiser in Poughkeepsie! What an awesome weekend for the HVPaws Group!! On Saturday, April 24, 2016, we had TWO fabulous events to attend – the 9/11 Memorial Community Day in New York City and the Marist College Fundraiser in Poughkeepsie, New York! The 9/11 Memorial Community Day was … [Read more...]
FACILITY DOGS
Facility Dogs Therapy dogs, service dogs, psychiatric service dogs, assistance dogs, seeing eye dogs, emotional assistance dogs, emotional support animals (ESAs), comfort animals, facility dogs - all those titles - ever wonder what they mean? We're going to explain the differences. In previous blogs we talked about therapy dogs, service dogs and emotional assistance dogs. … [Read more...]
THERAPY DOGS
THERAPY DOGS Interested in therapy dogs? Interested in training your dog to be a therapy dog? Interested in joining a group of therapy dogs and their handlers? Or are you interested in having therapy dogs visit your facility or organization? Those are some great questions!! Here are some guidelines for becoming a therapy dog team. Let's start with what therapy dogs are and … [Read more...]
PAWSITIVE READING
Pawsitive Reading Today's blog post is about pawsitive reading. What is pawsitive reading? Pawsitive reading is what we aim to achieve by participating in R.E.A.D. (Reading Educational Assistant Dog) programs. R.E.A.D. programs are aimed towards children who have difficulty reading. In R.E.A.D. programs, a child reads to a R.E.A.D. team member's dog, who creates a … [Read more...]
HAILEY IS AMAZING
Hailey is Amazing!! We think Hailey is amazing!! Hailey won Highest Scoring Mixed Breed dog at the Westminster Masters Agility Competition on Saturday, February 13th. Hailey and her handler, Karen Profena, are one of our Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause teams. Hailey also came in Third Place for her height class in the finals. This Friday Hailey is being recognized with an … [Read more...]
