Category: therapy dogs

  • Just A Belly Rub

    If you’ve ever read my blog, you may know that, along with three children, I have four dogs. We didn’t plan on having four. It sort of happened by accident. They are all dogs that someone else had mistreated or didn’t want, collected over the past decade from three different states and at separate times.…

  • Pooch Therapy

    I have four dogs (here are three of them, snoozing).  Rosie is a 10+ year old Chocolate English Labrador.  Lola is a seven year old Chihuahua & Rat Terrier mix (not pictured).  Sydney is a two year old Silky Terrier mix, and Chloe is a two year old Goldendoodle.  I didn’t intend to have four dogs.  Lola…

  • Four-Legged Victory

    An appelate court in Illinois this week upheld a lower court’s decision that an autistic child could bring his therapy dog to school with him. A victory for psychiatric therapy dogs and precedent for the assistance they really do provide many children and adults with mental health issues. That’s Chloe, our 1 year old goldendoodle…