Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Help Others

By: Kathy Diamond Davis

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Synopsis: You and your dog can become a therapy dog team! Are you looking for a new and meaningful way to work with your dog? Do you want to improve the lives of those who because of illness or disability would benefit from visits with a volunteer canine "therapist"? Then think about becoming a Therapy Dog Team and you will create the kind of magic that enriches lives. Therapy Dogs, Training Your Dog to Reach Others, 2nd Edition gives you all the information you need to select, socialize and train your dog for this work. What better creature than a dog to offer comfort, companionship and even entertainment to people in a wide variety of settings? Don't start an Animal Assisted Activity program at your facility without Therapy Dogs! You will have the latest information on how teams train, prevent problems, deal with liability issues as well as health and safety concerns. Therapy Dogs will help you understand what to look for in a program and in volunteers to assure success. "This revised edition of Therapy Dogs fills a niche in dog training literature by offering a basic lesson plan for therapy dog class, a great resource list and an annotated bibliography." Gently McMillen, Delta Pet Partner and Team Evaluator.