These are the chronicles of two Shetland Sheepdogs and their adventures in rally-o, obedience, flyball, agility, tracking and therapy dog work. Also including information on raw feeding, canine epilepsy, positive training, and lots and lots of Sheltie hair!
Monday, April 13, 2009
It's a hard job ... but someone's gotta do it!
Romeo had his first "real" therapy dog visit at Saskatoon City Hospital tonight. Seems like it's been a long time coming. We've been there a number of times for orientations and supervised visits, then I was there a couple of times acting as an evaluator for other teams during their supervised visits. But it has finally reached the point where Romeo and I are doing for-honest therapy dog visits at the hospital. I had to take the opportunity to take some pictures, and true to form, Romeo hammed it up. He is such a sucker for the camera!
I couldn't decide which emotion I liked the most ... what do you think?
INTENSE!
PROUD!
SWEET!
Ooh! Is that a ball over there?!
Romeo really loves his job, he's such a show-off and thrills to perform for the nursing staff and patients alike. Of course, I guess it's a pretty sweet job if you can get it ... show up, look cute, get bum scratches, eat some cheese ... hmmm, where do I sign up?
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Gio CD RE (CKC) RXMCL (CARO) FM CGN SJATD HIC
Gio is a 8 year old over-sized sable Sheltie. He is my over-achiever, taking all expectations of him and stretching them to the extreme. He is retired from flyball due to poor health, but still enjoys competing in CARO Rally-O. He is a certified therapy dog with St. John Ambulance and loves visiting "his ladies" at various nursing homes in Saskatoon and area. He recently received his PEN from the CKC began competing in CKC obedience and Rally-O in fall of 2008. In his spare time, Gio enjoys tracking with his sniffer buddies, playing fetch or tug, and engaging Romeo in "Sheltie Wars".
CRS CanyonView Forever Romantic CD RE (CKC) RVMCL (CARO) FDX SJATD HIC
Romeo is a 3 year old tri-colored Sheltie. He's my little piggy, always diving in head first and fur flying. He currently competes in NAFA flyball, CARO Rally-O, CKC Rally-O, AAC agility, and CKC obedience, and is a certified therapy dog with St. John Ambulance. Romeo is always up for a game of fetch, wrestle, chase, "kitty", and, of course, "Sheltie Wars" with Gio. Everything this boy does has flare, and there is always a spring in his step. Romeo comes from CanyonView Shelties.
Ooh! Is that a ball over there?!
3 comments:
WOW!
We don't have this kind of service here in Denmark :o((
But I think it's a very nice thing they do those therapy dog...if we get such a service here in Denmark I would enrol :o)
The patients will love Romeo he is such a charmer :o)
//Bente
Good going Romeo. Keep up the pawsome work.
Essex & Deacon
Cheese & Bum scratches sound pretty good ;-)
Congrats on you awesome achievements Dayna and hugs to Romeo.
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