Teaming with your therapy dog /

Teaming with your therapy dog /

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Todays therapy-dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs. Teaming with ones dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to our own behavior, not just our dogs. This book re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howie, Ann R., 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Clothier, Suzanne (Author of introduction, etc.), Wycoff, Kirby (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2015.
Series:New directions in the human-animal bond.
Subjects:
Dogs > Therapeutic use.
Human-animal relationships.
Dogs > Psychology.
Animal Assisted Therapy
Dogs > psychology
Human-Animal Bond
Chiens > Emploi en thérapeutique.
Relations homme-animal.
Chiens > Psychologie.
behavioral sciences.
Carnivora (order)
psychoanalysis.
Mammalia (class)
Vertebrata (subphylum)
Chordata (phylum)
psychology.
MEDICAL > General.
PETS > Dogs > General.
MEDICAL > Veterinary Medicine > General.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • The need for different ways of handling
  • The foundation : be fully present
  • Behavior is information
  • Maintain close proximity to your dog
  • Keep your eyes on your dog
  • Stay in touch with your dog
  • Speak conversationally
  • The therapy dog's bill of rights
  • Putting it all together.

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