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St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program

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“I have been very, very greatly impressed by the Therapy Dogs because it is an extraordinary therapy.”
We actually visit a hospital here in Toronto so we kind of evaluate when we walk in what kind of patient we have and the ones that we know love dogs, and there are some that they said don’t even talk and when they see Bridget come in, it’s like, ‘Oh she’s here, she’s here, I can’t wait to see her.’
“I guess they have a lot of doctors and nurses prodding at them all the time and (the patients do,) and the dogs just give a bit of stress relief and anxiety relief and the dogs don’t really want anything from the patients.
“So we go into the library, we have about 5 libraries in Burlington, she lays down on the floor just like this in the library and the kids come with their books, they hold their books up and they read to the dog. It’s absolutely amazing”
“And because the dog the dog is not threatening, is not judgmental, the child grows in self-confidence.”
“We’ve seen a child go from stuttering, unable to read a sentence, to reading whole chapters in a space of six months.”
“They don’t have to be specifically trained for this volunteer work, they just have to be a quiet, stable dog that enjoys being patted and you know, constant attention.”
“She’s good with children. If you’ve got a nice dog who you think could work with the St. John Ambulance, go for it, they’d love to have you. It’s a lot of fun.”
“And just the unconditional love that dogs bring to people, there is nothing like it.
“You can’t measure it, you can’t measure the happiness you bring to other people and you go home with that feeling and it just makes your day. A little smile from somebody who has been in a nursing home who hasn’t had visitors, and you are able to take that home with you, it’s wonderful.
Maybe people who haven’t smiled in a whole week since last time he’s been there and they light right up and it’ll bring up memories of when they had a dog, when they were living at home.
When you go into a hospital or nursing home and you see the joy on people’s faces and there are smiles you walk away with a warm heart and you really truly know that you’ve done something wonderful for this world.
And I want to congratulate St. John’s in Canada on this superb program.
Having our dogs interact with seniors, interacting with children, just an opportunity to have that animal layer, it’s very disarming, it’s very comforting for that individual and it just gives us a new way to be able to branch out to Canadians.
We actually visit a hospital here in Toronto so we kind of evaluate when we walk in what kind of patient we have and the ones that we know love dogs, and there are some that they said don’t even talk and when they see Bridget come in, it’s like, ‘Oh she’s here, she’s here, I can’t wait to see her.’
“I guess they have a lot of doctors and nurses prodding at them all the time and (the patients do,) and the dogs just give a bit of stress relief and anxiety relief and the dogs don’t really want anything from the patients.
“So we go into the library, we have about 5 libraries in Burlington, she lays down on the floor just like this in the library and the kids come with their books, they hold their books up and they read to the dog. It’s absolutely amazing”
“And because the dog the dog is not threatening, is not judgmental, the child grows in self-confidence.”
“We’ve seen a child go from stuttering, unable to read a sentence, to reading whole chapters in a space of six months.”
“They don’t have to be specifically trained for this volunteer work, they just have to be a quiet, stable dog that enjoys being patted and you know, constant attention.”
“She’s good with children. If you’ve got a nice dog who you think could work with the St. John Ambulance, go for it, they’d love to have you. It’s a lot of fun.”
“And just the unconditional love that dogs bring to people, there is nothing like it.
“You can’t measure it, you can’t measure the happiness you bring to other people and you go home with that feeling and it just makes your day. A little smile from somebody who has been in a nursing home who hasn’t had visitors, and you are able to take that home with you, it’s wonderful.
Maybe people who haven’t smiled in a whole week since last time he’s been there and they light right up and it’ll bring up memories of when they had a dog, when they were living at home.
When you go into a hospital or nursing home and you see the joy on people’s faces and there are smiles you walk away with a warm heart and you really truly know that you’ve done something wonderful for this world.
And I want to congratulate St. John’s in Canada on this superb program.
Having our dogs interact with seniors, interacting with children, just an opportunity to have that animal layer, it’s very disarming, it’s very comforting for that individual and it just gives us a new way to be able to branch out to Canadians.
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