~ Service & Therapy ~

We'd like to extend a very special Thank-You to our friends:

Bill & Belita Shapiro, Lyn Ruth, Donna Vartanian, and Michelle Bracey
 each of whom granted us permission to use images of their beloved
 Service & Therapy Griffs on our webpage.
 

 

Happy Girls ...   Happy Faces ...

 

 Emme is owned and loved by Kim; used with her permission.

  Emme is owned and loved by Kim; used with her permission.

Emme, enjoying her one-on-one time with her
very special friends.  Emme is owned and loved
by Kim and was bred by Lyn Ruth.

Images used with their permission.

 

Lexi is owned and loved by Bill & Belita Shapiro; used with permission       Olivia is owned and loved by Bill & Belita Shapiro; used with permission


Olivia & Lexi are owned & loved by
 Bill & Belita Shapiro.

Olivia was bred by Donna Vartanian.
 Lexi was bred by Michelle Bracey.

Images used with their permission.

 

 

Service & Therapy Dog Info

Canine Companions for Independence!

Delta Society (Extensive Links Section)

Kelsie Wins 2004 Award for Canine Excellence
Paws in Service (New Jersey)

Therapy Dogs Inc. (Extensive Links Section)
Therapy Dogs International (Extensive Links Section)

 

Suggested Reading & References

Source:  Individual Recommendations and Therapy Dogs, Inc.
″Between Pets and People″
- by Alan Beck, SC.D., and Aaron Katcher, MD
"Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy:
Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice" 
 - ed by Aubrey Fine 
"Love on a Leash"
- by Liz Palika
″Pets and their people″
- by Bruce Fogle
"Pets in Therapy"
- edited by Margaret N. Abdill & Denise Juppe'
″The Four Footed Therapist″
- by Janet Ruckert, Ed.D.
"The Healing Power of Pets"
- by Dr. Marty Becker
"Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others" (2nd edition)
 -  by Kathy Diamond Davis
"Therapy Dogs Today: Their Gifts, Our Obligation"
- by Kris Butler
"Therapy Pets: The Animal-Human Healing Partnership"
- by Jacqueline J. Crawford & Karen A. Pomerinke
"You Have a Visitor: Observations on Pet Visitation and Therapy"
- by Renee Lamm Esordi
"Wanted! Animal Volunteers" (revised edition)
- by Mary R. Burch
″Volunteering with Your Pet″
- by Mary Burch, PH.D.

 

 

 

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