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One of our members, Sally has got a new puppy! He is a rehomed case who was taken back to his breeders to be rehomed.
Knowing Sally wanted another therapy dog to help her current therapy dog, Sookie whos been working with us since 2016, she took Simba to meet some of the children we help and work with.
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We refreshed how to greet and behave around dogs, then applied this to Simba and how to behave, interact and approach puppies. We teach the children to always ask permission before approaching a strangers dog, how to let them have a choice to interact, ehat to do with off leash dogs, that it is fine if a dog doesn't want to be touched because they're all different, like us and much more education through our dogs therapy work.
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It was adapted slightly for Simba, being a young pup it's crutial he has great experiences and the same goes for the children learning and having great experiences with puppies! We taught them to not approach Simba but allow him/general puppies to approach you. We also asked them to be calm, quiet and respectful....no pulling of body parts, screaming or being rough with any dogs, especially puppies. And may I say, they all did AMAZINGLY and so did Simba!
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Simbas mum wouldn't have put Simba in this situation if she didn't think he could cope. She is also a dog trainer so knows how to manage situations like this. Thankfully the breeders of Simba did a splendid job at socialising the pups from birth with children in the home from birth and schools from 4 weeks old.
It is safe to say Simba happily approached them all and got plenty of treatos for doing so. We also practiced some settling down, had a chomp on a chew, a little play and lots of breaks. He also held his bladder and bowls for the session too and we hope that one day Simba will be a Pet Respect therapy dog and continue the amazing work his fellow canines have done/do and takes over from his sister from a different mister, Sookie whos pictured laying with him below.
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Sybil our Thetapy dog enjoying a fuss from the children at Maybury School, today !
Mascot Race!
1st was Airlie Bird of Hull FC - Official page
2nd was Sam the Dog of Pet Respect (on board footage of him below!)
3rd was Patch the Pirate from Hull Pirates IHC
4th was Bob the Police Dog of Humberside Police
5th was Roary from Tigers Trust
6th was Sval the Snow Fox of York!
Thank you to everyone who came to Pets in the Park 2017, it has been a pleasure, I hope you enjoyed yourselves, thanks to all involved! 😀
Buddy playing with the new Volcano Treat Finder, he's getting really good at finding the treats! #GoBuddy!
