Therapy Dog Volunteers
Is your dog friendly, gentle, well-mannered and extremely socially motivated? If so, you & your dog may work together to touch the lives of those in need by being a Warm Hearts team!
The Warm Hearts Network is a group of trained volunteers & their dogs who provide Animal Assisted Activities & volunteer visiting teams in our community. Human-animal teams are screened, evaluated & then registered to visit healthcare facilities, schools, senior living & activity centers, hospice & other locations.
Your dog must:
For more information, contact
Paula Willis at pwcinnamon@comcast.net
Judith Bissett at judithbissett83@gmail.com
The Warm Hearts Network is a group of trained volunteers & their dogs who provide Animal Assisted Activities & volunteer visiting teams in our community. Human-animal teams are screened, evaluated & then registered to visit healthcare facilities, schools, senior living & activity centers, hospice & other locations.
Your dog must:
- Be two years or older
- Have been a part of your family for 6 months or more
- Display exceptional behavior & social personality traits
- Be extraordinarily tolerant & well behaved in new environments
- Know basic Obedience skills including sit, down, stay, come & heel & be able to perform them in distracting environments
- Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced Training certificates from an acredited training program is recommended but not mandatory.
- Veterinary Screening
For more information, contact
Paula Willis at pwcinnamon@comcast.net
Judith Bissett at judithbissett83@gmail.com
