12/14/2024
A sneak peek of our night at Denver Philharmonic Orchestra’s Holiday Cheer! You can catch the concert tomorrow as well: https://denverphilharmonic.org/
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Empowering People, 4 Paws at a Time. Domino Service Dogs is 501c3 non-profit organization located in Denver, Colorado.
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6505 W Alameda Avenue
Lakewood, CO
80226
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How did we get here?
Barbara Henry’s wide range of talents are rivaled only by her strength and tenacity. Barbara spent many years dedicating herself to providing therapeutic horseback riding lessons to children struggling with developmental disabilities or who were residing in the Colorado foster care system. Her family’s life was irrevocably changed by the tragedy of two randomly bizarre, unrelated events that would leave Barbara struggling to overcome a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and her youngest daughter, Caitlin, living with the effects of a spinal cord injury.
Unwilling to sacrifice her independence, Caitlin insisted that she have a service dog when she was 8 years old. Barbara discovered that acquiring a service dog for a child would not be an easy task. Most well-known organizations charge substantial fees and either require children to be at least twelve years of age or suffer from a terminal diagnosis.
In 2006, Barbara combined her years of horse training experience and her unique perspective and moved into the world of persons with disabilities. She began training her daughter’s first service dog, Badger. The process would include hundreds of hours of public access training, participation in a local owner/trained service dog program and regular class attendance at Caitlin’s elementary school.
