# My experience with a therapy dog

We have the... pleasure... of dog sitting Eva the Cairn Terrier while her owner is in sunny Florida for the holiday. Eva is a certified therapy dog, so I thought on Christmas Eve it would be fun to bring her to the nursing home I used to work at. She loved those people, gave TONS of kisses, let peo…

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## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2008-12-26T02:52:08.000Z
We have the... pleasure... of dog sitting Eva the Cairn Terrier while her owner is in sunny Florida for the holiday. Eva is a certified therapy dog, so I thought on Christmas Eve it would be fun to bring her to the nursing home I used to work at. She loved those people, gave TONS of kisses, let people pet her, sit very still on wheel chaired laps and generally brought a lot of cheer. It was also a great learning experience for me handling someone else's therapy dog and try to be consistent on commands. This was her first official nursing home visit. We did pretty well together :) [excuse my appearance in the photos below, I haven't been feeling my best lately] All dressed up, walked and ready to go: working on comes, stays and getting pet: Eva, queen of the kisses. This lovely woman kept saying "she kissed me, you see that? she loves me, oh I love ya, I love ya!" Its a blurry pic but she isn't at all affected by wheel chairs or canes or things falling or loud noises. Its impressive to me with aloof shibas! She was a good girl My sincere hope is that someday we can certify Tsuki as a therapy dog, we just got to get her over her apprehension to things falling and plastic bags crinkling. I think in a year or so with some conditioning, she'll at least be ready for the classes. It was a lot of fun bringing and watching Eva with the people, I think Tsuki would be a burst of energetic cheer as a therapy dog, too.

## lindsayt · 2008-12-26T14:49:31.000Z
Nice pictures, I bet the seniors really enjoyed your visit.

## lindsayt · 2008-12-26T15:15:30.000Z
:)

## Leonberger (admin) · 2008-12-26T18:06:25.000Z
It was a nice Xmas present for them, she's a cutie! :-)

## StaticNfuzz · 2008-12-27T00:25:26.000Z
That's awesome! Dogs can bring so much joy to people. I am sure you both brightened their day : )

Snf

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