Eastern Kentucky Love On A Leash

11/13/2024

Another excellent visit tonight at the Rowan County Public Library!

Our group is growing rapidly. Feel free to reach out if you’d like us to visit your facility. 💙

08/12/2024

EKY Love on a Leash President, Mandi, and her Standard Poodle, Calypso, enjoyed a therapy dog visit at the Rowan County Public Library today.

Feel free to ask about therapy dog work! We would love to talk to any prospective teams about the work our group does.

07/15/2024

Molly, Benny and Calypso had a wonderful visit at the Rowan County Public Library this afternoon! 📚

07/08/2024

Congrats to all of the prospective members who all passed the control evaluation tonight! All of these dogs will now move on to complete 10 supervised visits to finish their certification.

From left to right:
Midas
Arlo
Archer
WeeJock
WeeOllie (already a member)
Lottie

Not pictured:
Thanos

05/08/2024

We had an awesome visit tonight at the library! Unfortunately Freya the Newfie left before she could get in the photo.

Our teams in training are doing excellent and enjoying their supervised visits.

05/08/2024

Come see us tonight!

Want to meet our therapy dog teams? Your wish is our command!

Come on out to the Rowan County Public Library on May 8, May 22, June 17 or July 15 for a tail wagging good time.

05/06/2024

Want to meet our therapy dog teams? Your wish is our command!

Come on out to the Rowan County Public Library on May 8, May 22, June 17 or July 15 for a tail wagging good time.

04/30/2024

Today is National Therapy Animal day! Therapy dogs play such an important role in communities. Are you wondering how you can help celebrate the occasion? We have some ideas for you!

-Share stories of your interactions with therapy animals or your experiences as a therapy animal handler. Feel free to put these in the comments!

-Talk to some of our therapy animal handlers about volunteering and maybe consider becoming a certified dog/handler team.

04/24/2024

Mark your calendars for our first public evaluation date! Any prospective members looking to join our group are invited to attend this event.

During this event we will discuss the Love on a Leash rules, expectations, roles of a therapy dog and discuss the process to join in detail. Even if you want to just learn about therapy dogs we encourage you to come out and talk to our group members and leaders.

At the end of the session all dogs and handlers that would wish to proceed with potential certification will be able to test for the Control Evaluation.

Please send us a message if you have any questions!

Send a message to learn more

04/23/2024

Congrats to our 3 newest therapy teams in training! Elsa, Bree and Tink passed their control evaluations with ease and will now be moving on to complete 10 supervised visits.

Pyrenees- Elsa
Miniature Aussie- Bree
Maltese Mix- Tink

04/01/2024

Time for the next therapy dog spotlight- Freya! She might look like a large black bear but we promise she is as sweet as a teddy bear.

03/20/2024

Say hello to Rory! The Border Collie that has a complex relationship with sheep. 💙

03/20/2024

Therapy animals, service dogs, and emotional support animals are not the same! All 3 have very different roles and jobs. Here is a chart to help understand the difference.

https://www.loveonaleash.org/what-is-a-service-animal

03/20/2024

Next we have Albus! 💙