Therapy Dogs

[chicodkid]

Our dog, Yogi, is a certified Delta Society Therapy Dog. He visits cancer patients on Mondays at the local hospital & the Ronald McDonald House on Wednesday. My wife went with Yogi to training classes once a week for a few months that were not really designed for a puppy to be Therapy dog. But it made him a good, well behaved dog. Then we decided to pursue Therapy training, got the handbook, worked with him at home & a couple of months latter he passed the test & was certified !!

[123PokemonFan]

How old do you have to be? I'm almost 14 and would love to get my Yorkie certified to do this.

[Secrets2DogTraining]

@123PokemonFan if you go through Therapy Dogs International (TDI) any age can do it. just as long as you have a parent or gaurdian with you during visits and training. hope this helps!!! :D

[peacexlove492]

I couldn't find the website when I searched the name on Google.

[cc91801]

I wish I can get my dog to be a therapy dog.

[fanofthedogs]

Excellent work. We need more therapy dogs.

[krizzzztine]

Beautiful video.

[sociopathpsych]

What does it take to make a dog a therapy dog? I want to be a school psych and plan on training my dog(s) to be reading dogs. I also want to take them to children hospitals.

[MajesticWolfRunner]

What would i haft to do to register my dog as a theropy dog?

[41Toby14]

i was thinking about giving a service dog to a hospital what are your views on that?

[mimimarije]

It is best to just visit the hospital with your dog. Most hospitals don't have the time or ability to care for a pet 24-7.

[sarah0566]

Do siberian huskies make good therapy dogs?

[mimimarije]

As long as they are calm and go to canine good citizenship classes and are certified. Pretty much any dog can be a good therapy dog if it is well-mannered. Good luck.

:)

[islandmamma]

My mini poodle Brie (brigete bardot) would be a great therapy dog she is so gentle and kind.

[missionhospice]

We really need Therapy Dogs to visit our Hospice Patients in Convalescent Homes, but Im having trouble getting them!! PLEASE HELP!!! Mission Hospice serves hospice patients in the San Gabriel Valley, LA & San Fernando Valley, CA. areas. Can your Therapy Dogs visit our Patients in their Convalescent Homes???

[dawnzlight]

Well done and very informative. I have 2 new lab puppies.. 9 weeks old, and have had them for 3 weeks,, I heard of this and immediately thought this was something I would like to train them to do. Thanks for helping me make a well informed decision.

dawn in ga

[sgfa96]

Great video! We have therapy dogs as well and I encourage everyone to get involved.

[crazyjackdaisy]

enjoyed this, am learning to do this in my area, helpful. thank you.

[SHARGRAVE]

That's awesome. =P

We've been doing therapy with our pup Oreo since he was about 5 months old. We found some places by us that will let you do it without certification.... but we're planning on certifying him so we can go to Shands etc.

[mimimarije]

Hi everyone. Well - since I made this video, the organization has a new web addie - unfortunately, youtube doesn't let me put a web addie in a comment. So - if you'd like to visit the Therapy Dogs of Southern California site - just do a google search for that name and their new web addie will pop up. Sorry for any confusion if you tried going to the site I have listed at the end of the video.

:) Marie

[bangkokbobby]

Wonderful video :)

[pmarie2003]

I'm planning on doing this with my Pit boy. He loves the dog park so he can talk to the PEOPLE.

[sugarpeanut]

I am doing training for this with my pom-baby

[rahmama2]

Well done video. I am just looking into possibly doing this with my dog, and this illustrates the Therapy Dog concept well.