[alaskayorkie]

Yeah, there are a few of us here who have purebred Yorkie therapy dogs. My Eddie is certified through the Delta Society. He passed the test when he was 3 and has been visiting an assisted living home for more than a year with great results.

Eddie had a lot of obedience and agility training before he took the test, and, as with you, he passed for both me and my wife first time with flying colors. One tester even called him the best she had in his testing class of 15 or so.

Eddie normally does tricks at his visits, but he's solid around distractions, such as wheelchairs, clunky walkers and even resident cats.

That said, his one flaw as a therapy dog, in my opinion, is he tends not to engage the patients or residents. He'll sit on their lap comfortably, but his focus is always on me. I think the perfect therapy dog should engage the patient.

I have an 8-month old who I think is going to make a great therapy dog as well. Her obedience skills are coming along great, and she's a social butterfly.