Saturday, January 23, 2016

therapy dog visits....

Today was a therapy dog visiting day at the adult day care for special needs adults. The clients always love seeing the dogs, but I was excited to see what they think of today's crew.. from l to r.. there is Dolly the poodle.. Cam and Livy, Attitcus and Juno the great dane... from the tiny to the huge!!!
Cam and Livy have been here a number of times, so they know just where to go and seemed in a happy mood to get there and starts their visits

Livy loves a good snuggle and wants to climb into anyone's lap who welcomes her

Cam is more of a greeter, she tries to say hello to as many people as she can... she gives a quick kiss and moves onto the next

I love how the clients all seem to have their favorites.. some prefer the smaller dogs and others like the big ones... either way the smiles tell us everything...

Cam has a friend who found just the right spot...


We usually stay about an hour and a half, and really that is quite exhausting for the dogs. It's hard to think that "just being petted" would make them so tired, but it does.. plus the excitement of it all... by the end of the time, both Livy and Cam are pretty much done and ready to head home


I have told Tina that I was pretty sure that Juno was bigger than Mocha, and so after today's visit, Tina came up to the farm for a visit and to see exactly how Juno and Mocha measure up.... We brought Mocha out and at first Juno wasn't so sure what this furry creature was...

Pretty strange looking dog..... Mocha has actually seen many dogs that are just about her size, so she really didn't care one way or the other about Juno...



It took Juno a bit of time to get used to Mocha.... even when Mocha tried her best to be friends...

But in the end, we did get them close enough to figure that they're both just about the same size. When the weather warms up, we're going to do a few pet therapy visits with both Mocha and Juno... I know the clients will be amazed to see that a horse and a dog are the same size......

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