Therapy Dogs Today: Their Gifts, Our Obligation | 
 enlarge | Author: Kris Butler
Publisher: Funpuddle Publishing Associates
Category: Book
Buy New: $14.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 107460
Media: Paperback
Pages: 88
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 097477930X
EAN: 9780974779300
ASIN: 097477930X
Publication Date: March 20, 2004
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Product Description
As more and more people adjust to the physical and emotional challenges of today's chaotic world, therapy dogs are proving their worth in diverse settings. No one knows this better than Kris Butler. Her workshops integrate the science of human health and education with the magic of hands-on interactions with appropriate dogs to teach health care providers, educators, volunteers, assessors, and dog trainers across the United States the most effective and ethical ways to include dogs in settings that enhance human healing, learning and self-awareness. At last she's written a book in which she explores the complex professional and ethical issues that surround the environments in which therapy dogs work and volunteer. Therapy Dogs Today: Their Gifts, Our Obligation is an important book for anyone who handles, assesses, or trains visiting therapy dogs and it is essential for professional people who oversee therapy dog programs or include their own dogs in the their workplaces. The book includes a foreword by Maureen Fredrickson.
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Essential information March 22, 2008
Debra J. Poucher (Desert Hills, AZ)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Valuable information for everyone who does pet therapy with their dog. I wish I would have read this before I began pet therapy. An excellent easy to understand book.
A must read for active therapy teams November 19, 2007
Gary Kurschner (Saint Paul, MN)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I can not thank Kris Butler enough for writing this book. I have been a very active dog therapy visiter this last year and visits were going very well until I started visiting a behavior health unit at a local hospital. My boxer dog became very stressed and I was very concerned. After reading Therapy Dogs Today, I became very proactive in how I did my visits to these BH units from what I had learned from this book. The very first visit after reading this book, I could not be happier about how my dog responded to the visit. Once I understood how stressful this environment was for my dog and what were the stressors, I was than able to work on reducing these stressors. Both my dog and I thank you Kris!
Perfection June 13, 2007
Gail Cassidy (Westfield, NJ)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Book arrived quickly and in perfect condition.
A great practical guide for therapy dogs August 8, 2005
Kate Nicoll (Wallingford,CT)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Kris has provided us with great new insight and tips into our work with therapy dogs. The examples are wonderful - and in my mind one of the best parts is on her discussion of social proximity and how important it is to understand this in ALL of our visits. A job well done!!! A must read
Kate Nicoll, MSW, author Soul Friends: Finding healing with animals, founder Soul Friends, Inc.
Therapy Must Have Book June 19, 2004
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
One of the best Therapy Dog books I have read! Kris Butler shares her wealth of experiences so we all can contribute, learn, and benefit from her knowledge.The book covers everything from the dogs, patients, health care professionals to the organizations we work with. It also covers therapy certification organizations. Being a small therapy dog owner and reading about their special needs and outlook of the world, really acknowledged their "special gifts and our obligation" to them as therapy dogs. I would recommend this book to anyone considering therapy dog work or an experienced therapy dog team.
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