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Anyone ever volunteer their dog? Wife wants to get our Husky involved and just thought I'd ask. Seems like a cool idea. Here's a link to the group U of M uses.
http://www.therapaws.org/
http://www.therapaws.org/
Therapy Dogs
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Yeah, I just read over the rules and application. He could easily pass all the requirements, just curious for any real life experience out there.
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Too many reasons to list. They are volunteer run so no backing to be able to adopt, train, support all those dogs. You also don't have any history behind the dogs that are there (for the most part). You could wind up with Michael Vick's old dogs and not even know it until some poor kid or grandma wound up with no face.
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meh, life is full of draw backs
Both of my dogs are "active participants". I don't mind volunteering the time. Its one of those rewarding experiences that you can look back on. Mine spend a lot of time at a nursing home. I just hope someone is as nice to me when my sorry ass ends up in one of those... i have no regrets. dogs enjoy the interaction and the old folks really get a smile.
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My Dally is a Therapy dog, they must become K9 Good Citizen Certified through the AKC before being allowed to take the Therapy dog training course and test for certification from Therapy Dogs International... www.tdi-dog.org
In metro Detroit I went through SMOTC (Southern Michigan Obedience Training Club)
www.smotc.org
In metro Detroit I went through SMOTC (Southern Michigan Obedience Training Club)
www.smotc.org
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Sorry I missed everyone's posts from the other day. Info is great. Wife filled out the application and just waiting to hear back. He was through obedience class years ago when I first got him. Still remembers it all too for some reason. So we will see from here.
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