Here your dog MUST FIRST;
To be certified (and you must be or NO ONE WILL let you in!) lol
* Demonstrate an out-going personality
* Basic obedience skills so the pup is under control at ALL TIMES! Sit - Stay - Come and Down.
* Show that the dog gets along with other dogs and is overall 'social'
* Current Vacs
* Be at least a year old.
Now this is to be CERTIFIED but you dont HAVE TO BE unless your going to hospitals like my pup. Very sterile environments with oxygen tanks and such where a loose dog could reek havoc or cause death!
When certified - a rep from the organization comes to visit your pup to see:
if its registered and chosen as a therepy dog the 'Evaluator' from the organization puts the dog through an evaluation consisting of:
Lay down
Come
Sit
Stay
Down
Yay! You are certified! But my girl is just shy of a yr old so isnt able to get to work until her first birthday
We are ready NOW! So many people we could be touching daily but simply because she isnt a yr old - she cant go. If I go sooner - they will boot me from the program.
If you want to be registered - please let me know and I can get that ball rolling for you! Its just better being registered and to have a bit of insurance. Things happen!