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Working as a Therapy Dog

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This book was written by the dog and as such it is difficult to determine if it was written for adults or children. I personally am looking for information that will help me train my dog for therapy work. The useful information provided in this book, in my opinion, could have been summed up in one chapter. The book is more experiences that the dog has than information about what can and cannot be done, what should and should not be done, and technical information regarding therapy work.

I read the book and couldn't put it down!!!. I loved the book because it tells stories about what happens to people and the dog Breeze in different visits as a therapy dog. The book is very moving and touching and rewarding. the book made me laugh and get tears i my eyes!!!. It is not your usual typical HOW to be a therapy dog book. The book does give you information and tips about becoming a therapy dog but in a elating way!!! I think it is a PERFECT book to read to your children or have them read it. The book is written in easy, loving,funny words. It made me aware that there are all different kind of sick people out there that just needs a dog to love and to give love to brighten up their day!!! A very touching book told by Breeze the therapy dog.I give the book a thumbs up!!!! Anyone that loves animals or reading real stories about what GREAT things that happens when a sick person has a dog like Breeze visit them and makes them smile and to forget their illiness for awhile!!!A very moving, touching,funny and informative book!!

In addition to being a charming story, as told by the Therapy Dog, Breeze, this book covered all of the questions that I still had about taking my dog into all sorts of different health care situations. No matter how well behaved your dog is, it helps to know all the basic "pet therapy" commands in order to keep the process uniform and safe. It would be wonderful to further the use of animals in health care facilities. They have such a magical way of bringing peace to the people who need it most. Anyone who has seen this miracle knows how important it is to encourage wide spread use of pets as therapy. With this book, we have an outline of what to do before, during and after a pet therapy session in order to show your pet in the best possible light. Hopefully, this will win over hospital and care facility administrators and relieve their apprehensions about allowing dogs in a hospital. Dogs and patients belong together and, although it's close, the patients benefit the most. This book is a must for anyone considering the most rewarding experience one can have...sharing your pet with people who are ill and alone. Brava!

A must read for anyone interested in people and pets!! Lorna Stanart stands out from the usual dog writer in giving a prospective of how animals nourish and bring out the happiness and love in people from the dog's eyes. Her book is not only a guide on how to become involved in people-pet therapy, but also a warm and loving look into the warmth dogs bring into the lives of the saddest and loneliest individuals; people who primarily relate through the senses rather than through the spoken word.
Although the patients are beseiged with medical disabilities, the book radiates such heartfelt love, one forgets about the sad and only remembers the glad. Everyone should give his child and friends this book. A+

From the title of this book, I was expecting there to be more information or tips for people who have dogs working as a therapy dog. As my dog has already been through therapy dog training and certification, the section on training/certifying your dog was not helpful to me, and anyway I could have found more information on this topic online, such as at [...] or other dog training websites.
The writing did not seem to have a professional feel to it, it was very short and not very interesting. The anecdotes were not interesting enough to justify the price of this book. I wish I had never bought it, was going to return it but it's even not worth the time or shipping cost.

The love and companionship of my "best friend" Whitney,
a Golden Retriever has been the one who gave me the strength to
survive very serious episodes of severe depression. Many times,
very close to the point of suicide, I would look at her, realizing her love and need for me in her big, brown loving eyes.
She would ALWAYS be lying right beside me giving her unconditional love, never leaving me. Sharing this with others
is a beautiful thing, as shown in this book, and needed for anyone who is hospitalized or handicapped. It will bring a smile to the face of a child or adult to have the opportunity
to pet a dog, and feel the love each will give. This program
expresses the kindness and caring for others, and I plan to become involved in this program with my best friend, Whitney.

This is a sweet book on the life of a therapy dog from the dog's point of view. Good introduction but not much help in learning how to train one.

The book itself is good , I just did not realize it was a kids book when I ordered it .

Enjoyed the book, makes you realize how patients enjoy being with a therapy dog when they cannot be with their own pets. Cute the way it was written from the dogs point of view.

Having done animal assisted therapy work for six years now, I have to say this is an excellent and complete work on the subject. The author very subtlely gets across some key points in the therapy process. The importance of early training and socialization is emphasized. And the examples of how therapy dogs relate to the patients/clients are wonderful!!