tenniskitty
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Hi all! I'm Jewel's Mom! Jewel is a purebreed Collie that I'm training to be a therapy dog. This is our first post here. Is this usually what you write? Thanks-Jewel and Mom :dogsmile:
Hi Jewels mum!tenniskitty;15439 said:Hi all! I'm Jewel's Mom! Jewel is a purebreed Collie that I'm training to be a therapy dog. This is our first post here. Is this usually what you write? Thanks-Jewel and Mom :dogsmile:
It's great what a difference these dogs can make, an Australian Shepherd breeder in Victoria, Australia takes her Aussies to the school she works at for the R.E.A.D, program there and the dogs are a huge success. The bonus is her young dogs get extra socialization too so its a win, win situation. Pity more schools here didn't give it a try. My sister got an Aussie from this breeder and her dogs have wonderful temperments. We now have 4 (4legged) Aussies in the family, this dog ws the first.tenniskitty;15481 said:Well, I want Jewel to be a therapy dog and a R.E.A.D dog. We will most likely get R.E.A.D and then therapy dog. R.E.A.D is a program that helps children have more confidence in reading. They read to dogs, they know they won't judge them. As a therapy dog, Jewel will be able to go to nursing homes and places like that. Thanks for commenting!-Jewel's Mom