Therapy Dog Ivy Grace Brings Cheer to the Promenade One of our team members, Kathy Schuck, arranged for us to visit the Promenade in Tuxedo Park today. Kathy Schuck is a volunteer with our group and visits our venues with her therapy dog, Ivy Grace. Her husband, Bud, also has a therapy dog named Jake. Jake and Bud are part of our group as well and they often visit along … [Read more...]
THERAPY DOG COOPER CHEERS UP PATIENTS AT MORNINGSIDE!
Therapy Dog Cooper cheers up patients at Morningside Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in the Bronx Yesterday therapy team members Lou and Diane Bonita got a call that Lou's mom, Connie, was out of sorts. Today they decided to pay Connie a visit where she is at Morningside Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in the Bronx. To help cheer Connie up, they brought along … [Read more...]
WAIT!
Wait! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs In our last blog post, we described the difference between the "Stay" and "Wait" commands and gave suggestions for teaching your dog to "Stay." Today we are going to continue that post with suggestions for teaching your dog the "Wait" command. Work on the "Wait" command every time you go out, whether your dog is going with you or … [Read more...]
STAY!
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...]
