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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 320738" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Do you have pets? We have access in Australia to therapy pets. We could apply for one for the boys if we'd wanted to. I did begin to make enquiries.</p><p></p><p>if you think about it, guide dogs are theend result of long years of involved training. At any stage, a dog could be rejected form the program, often for simple things such as inability to stay focussed on the task the whole time, or being a bit too fidgetty when younger. These reasons mean a well-trained dog simply can't fulfil his planned destiny, but often they make wonderful therapy dogs in other situations. A woman I knw has a golden retriever as a therapy dog - she is epileptic, the dog is trained to look after her if she has a fit and to get help. Some dogs are even trained to call emergency services (if the patient has an emergency call button with an automated message). They will turn on light switches for osmeone with a physical disability, they will fetch the walking sticks. And some dogs which haven't been trianed to do these things will still make wonderful therapy dogs, purely as companion animals. They've already been trained to be gentle and non-aggressive.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 320738, member: 1991"] Do you have pets? We have access in Australia to therapy pets. We could apply for one for the boys if we'd wanted to. I did begin to make enquiries. if you think about it, guide dogs are theend result of long years of involved training. At any stage, a dog could be rejected form the program, often for simple things such as inability to stay focussed on the task the whole time, or being a bit too fidgetty when younger. These reasons mean a well-trained dog simply can't fulfil his planned destiny, but often they make wonderful therapy dogs in other situations. A woman I knw has a golden retriever as a therapy dog - she is epileptic, the dog is trained to look after her if she has a fit and to get help. Some dogs are even trained to call emergency services (if the patient has an emergency call button with an automated message). They will turn on light switches for osmeone with a physical disability, they will fetch the walking sticks. And some dogs which haven't been trianed to do these things will still make wonderful therapy dogs, purely as companion animals. They've already been trained to be gentle and non-aggressive. Marg [/QUOTE]
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