SPCA Therapy Dog Training Session

Exeter News (Exeter, NH): The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering Therapy Dog Training for owners, professionals and anyone interested in using their dog in therapeutic visits to nursing homes, schools, hospitals or any healthcare agency that allows therapy animals. The workshop will be held at the SPCA’s Learning Center for Pets and People on Saturday Dec. 10 and Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Therapy Dogs International, Inc. (TDI) is a volunteer group organized to provide qualified handlers and their Therapy Dogs for visitations to institutions, facilities and any other place where Therapy Dogs are needed. The workshop’s presenter, Gina Hays, is the owner and head trainer of Just Dogs Training Center in Dennisport, Mass. The primary objective of the TDI dog and handler is to provide comfort and companionship by sharing the dog with the patients in hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions and wherever else the Therapy Dog is needed. This is done in a way that increases emotional well-being, promotes healing and improves the quality of life for the people being visited and the staff that cares for these people.