http://my.counseling.org/2009/12/15/considerations-when-preparing-to-use-animal-assisted-therapy/ ACA blogs, written by counselors, for counselors: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://my.counseling.org/2009/12/15/considerations-when-preparing-to-use-animal-assisted-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Amy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:15:12 +0000 http://my.counseling.org/?p=864#comment-1358 Thank you Linda! I have a shih tzu and a lhasa too! I once thought my shih tzu was perfect because he could be handled and coddled and loved it - by us. But too much time with others and his eyes would get huge and he'd search for me and I realized it was more my dream than his. We have decided to use rescue dogs for this purpose. Thanks so much for sharing! Thank you Linda! I have a shih tzu and a lhasa too! I once thought my shih tzu was perfect because he could be handled and coddled and loved it – by us. But too much time with others and his eyes would get huge and he’d search for me and I realized it was more my dream than his. We have decided to use rescue dogs for this purpose. Thanks so much for sharing!

]]> http://my.counseling.org/2009/12/15/considerations-when-preparing-to-use-animal-assisted-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Linda Chapman Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:29:53 +0000 http://my.counseling.org/?p=864#comment-942 My two dogs are naturally calm and passive (Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso) and they are great therapy for me! But when I had to take them to my therapy office one day I learned that your point B. is oh-so-true: They both just wanted to be at home in their own territory where they could comfortably nap! That eclipsed my fantasies about certifying them as therapy dogs. ;-) Thanks for the article! Linda My two dogs are naturally calm and passive (Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso) and they are great therapy for me! But when I had to take them to my therapy office one day I learned that your point B. is oh-so-true: They both just wanted to be at home in their own territory where they could comfortably nap! That eclipsed my fantasies about certifying them as therapy dogs. Thanks for the article! Linda

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