Now that Nola is almost 3 and has matured into such a great dog, I'm thinking about doing therapy work with her. None of my previous dogs have ever done therapy work, so I'm a bit lost on it all. Any help would be great.
Nola has her CGC (which was passed with flying colors), has a stable temperament, is not at all aggressive/reactive/snappy, is well trained and, while she's not an "OMG a person I LOVE people MUST SAY HI!!!" type dog she is friendly and social without being in your face. She is very in tune with people, and when someone's sick/hurt/upset she's very calm and loves to cuddle.
Only things that make me iffy with therapy work is that she is very, very handler focused. I'm the most important thing to her (not to stroke my ego), and she prefers me over everyone else.
What do y'all think?
Nola has her CGC (which was passed with flying colors), has a stable temperament, is not at all aggressive/reactive/snappy, is well trained and, while she's not an "OMG a person I LOVE people MUST SAY HI!!!" type dog she is friendly and social without being in your face. She is very in tune with people, and when someone's sick/hurt/upset she's very calm and loves to cuddle.
Only things that make me iffy with therapy work is that she is very, very handler focused. I'm the most important thing to her (not to stroke my ego), and she prefers me over everyone else.
What do y'all think?