Therapy Paws Tasmania

25/03/2025

Thank you to Coral Ie for breeding and raising a beautifully confident, loving, clever, resilient little fellow. Grandesprit Homestead

24/03/2025

The boys were hard at work yesterday on Flinders Island. Thank you Sam, Banjo and Captain. Xx

21/03/2025

Charlie is now 10 months old and his training is coming along nicely. Regular visits to the city for exposure to all the sounds, sights and smells through the adolescent period is invaluable. He even paid a visit to the staff at Keiser and brightened their day.

20/03/2025

Today the gorgeous Billy and his Kahu Beccy visited the Roy Fagan Centre while the Launceston General Hospital had visits from Marj and Meg and Deb and Alice for their Wellbeing Program. Thank you to all our amazing teams who volunteer their time for us.

17/03/2025

As part of the Wellbeing program for the States Health Department staff, Yvonne with her beautiful girl Trixie visited the North West Regional Hospital, while Kathy and the gorgeous duo Ned and Lira visited the Mersey Hospital today. We extend our gratitude to our exceptional teams who demonstrate remarkable dedication. We are truly grateful and extremely proud of our extended Therapy Paws family.

08/03/2025

Great things come in small packages as they say. It is so true with these two. Ruby visited Roy Fagan on Thursday and Nero visited Regis Aged Care in Warrane on Friday. Both are competing in this weekend's Trick Trial. Good luck small and mighties. Have fun 💕

03/03/2025

Banjo and Captain were visiting the staff and residents at the Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre today. Thank you boys.

03/03/2025

27/02/2025

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24/02/2025

Ned and his Kahu Kathy visited Able Australia in Launceston today. These dogs bring a remarkable amount of joy, as evident on these faces. Thank you Kathy and Ned.

21/02/2025

Kathy was at the Mersey Hospital today with her 2 beautiful dogs Ned and Lira, as part of the Wellbeing program for health workers across the state. Thank you Kathy, Ned and Lira.

21/02/2025

Launceston General Hospital yesterday with Marj and Meg and Debbie and Alice. Thank you ladies and great work girls.

20/02/2025

Today Charlie along with his Kahu Monica visited The Roy Fagan Centre. Great work team. Look at those smiles.

19/02/2025

UTAS O day in the Hobart CBD today. Nero and Baloo were onsite for pats and cuddles. Baloo even snuck in a remedial massage, just look at that face. Faith and Yogi came along for the last 10 minutes. Thank you UTAS for having us again.

18/02/2025

Along with all the fun in the garden this afternoon Yogi had some calm mat training before visiting his favorite vet. As you can see he is very calm laying on the table and nearly dozed off. 5 minutes a few times a day for a young puppy as well as exposure to all the sights, sounds and smells with plenty of high value rewards is a great start. As well as 20 hours of sleep for a young pup like him.

18/02/2025

So proud of all of our teams who volunteer their time to share their beautiful dogs.

Royal Hobart Hospital’s Emergency Department staff got some TLC yesterday with a visit from therapy dogs Lewy and Chilli from Therapy Paws Tasmania. 🐾

👩🏼‍⚕️Alice Barrett is a Registered Nurse in the RHH Emergency Department, and a Project Nurse in the Workforce and Wellbeing team, and looks forward to the canine therapy. “ED Nursing is really hard and you don’t really have time to think about how traumatic it can be until after the end of the shift,” she says, “When the therapy dogs come, it gives us that five minutes to have a play and give us a little bit of a break to reset.”

🐕🐕‍🦺 Dogs Lewy and Chilli are born for the job, says Therapy Paws Tasmania co-founder (and retired Registered Nurse) Lisa Farrall.

“There are very few dogs that can work in the Emergency Department because it is such a hectic place. They pick up on people’s emotions, and whether they need to be lifted up. If the staff are having a bad day, they come in, Lewy will be wagging, Chilly will be calm, they’ve got the best of both worlds.”

🧘 This week kicks off Six Weeks of Wellbeing in a statewide program for staff at the Department of Health. Each week spotlights a different pillar of wellbeing: social connection, nutrition, light/dark exposure, sleep, state regulation and movement. “There are a number of levers we can pull to improve our wellbeing, and we want to use these six weeks as an awareness-raiser,” shares Dorian Broomhall, Director – Culture, Talent and Business Partnering.

Therapy dog sessions, group yoga, and chats on donating with Red Cross Lifeblood representatives, are some of the week’s events focusing on taking time out for meaningful social connection and paws-itive experiences.

Fangs very much to Therapy Paws Tasmania for the cuddles and cheer! 💙

📸: Therapy Paws Tasmania’s Lisa Farrall (extreme left) and Vanessa Ward (extreme right), and the Tasmanian Department of Health’s Dorian Broomhall and Alice Barrett in the centre, with Labrador Retrievers Lewy and Chilli

18/02/2025

Yogi's Landscaping and Aerating services coming to Hi Pages soon. 😂