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Our
understanding that interacting with animals can benefit
our health and wellbeing in many ways is rapidly
growing. Since their earliest beginnings, dogs and
people have worked together and dogs’ innate desire to
please, readiness to learn, and sociability make them
excellent therapy partners who help people connect and
bring comfort and pleasure in a wide range of settings.
These include: crisis response; retirement, assisted
living, and skilled nursing facilities; hospitals,
especially pediatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation
medicine, psychiatric services, geriatrics; hospice;
schools; prisons; safe houses, and residences for people
living with mental and emotional illness.
Connecting Canines was created to provide a new level of
training, support, and deployment of therapy teams,
focusing on canine behavior and human training. Unlike
other programs, the goal of Connecting Canines is to
train animal/handler teams, focusing on canine behavior
and human dynamics via classes, shadowing, and
mentoring. Connecting Canines teams will carry Project
Canine endorsement as well as liability insurance.
All classes are held at
Great
Dog in North Seattle. Cost is $175.
Our next classes offered:
Saturdays May 1st- June 19th
10-11am in Annex space, No class May 15 & 29 Instructors: Amanda & Laurie
To Sign Up
with a Credit Card/Paypal Account:
To pay over the phone,
please call between 9am -5pm Monday - Friday,
206.432.3005. Please note you will be reaching
Christine at Great Dog. She helps coordinate these
signups!
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