When Your Dog Talks – Listen
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202 Phone: (573) 443-0716 or Email: Contact Us Register Online This story from the Victoria, British Columbia, newspaper describes the insistent barking of the family’s dog one evening. When the owner, finally did open the door to see what was prompting the barks, she found her […]
Will the Robot Replace the Live Dog for Therapy Visits
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202 Phone: (573) 443-0716 or Email: Contact Us Register Online Those of us with therapy dogs would say “No way a robot could replace the benefits my therapy dog brings to people we serve.” But this research study published on the web portal, Big Think, suggests the […]
Dogs visit Ellis Library as stress relief
Rudy holds his ‘office hour’ at Ellis Library last week. He and several other dogs whose owners train with us took their dogs to Ellis Library on the Mizzou campus this past week as stress relievers for student prepping for final exams. Here is a sample of pictures from the week.
Can this UK therapy dog read?
Huff Post news editor Hilary Hanson says ‘no’ – see the physical body cues the handler gives, she says in this cute article. This is an interesting story about the ‘reading to rover’ work of this dog. The handler says his dog’s response to the cue cards stimulates the children to read their lessons. Story […]
Sunday visitors
Members of our Drill Team — all certified therapy dogs — brighten the day of residents at the Arbors. Members of our group also visit patients at hospitals, nursing homes, long-term group residences, libraries and schools weekly..
Great fun in Marshall, MO
Members of our therapy dog and drill team group traveled to Marshall to help celebrate dog daze at Jim, the Wonder Dog, event.
Canine service with a capital S
Here is a remarkable story of a service dog in North Carolina helping inside a surgery suite because of the dog’s ability to alert the medical team of an approaching allergy crisis for the dog’s 7-year-old patient.
49 dogs serve in courtrooms in 17 states
Foster, a chocolate lab, began his courtroom duty last week in Anniston, Alabama. He is owned by the judge, trained at the University, and supervised in his courtroom duty by another court employee. Foster’s duty is the help children and adults to must testify in family court. He got his name from Judge Laura Phillips, […]
Border Collie/Corgi helps 4-year-old boy
Here is a touching story of a 4-year-old Montana boy and the dog that serves him. The boy suffers fainting spells brought on by stress. The dog keeps him calm and can help revive him with licks when fainting happens. Family is seeking funds to expand the dog’s training. The boy says he hopes to […]
Reading to dogs builds reading confidence, skill
An account of the impact of Reading to Rover experience on New York elementary class.