Teaming With Your Therapy Dog (Paperback)

Today's therapy dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs, not just supervisors. Teaming with one's dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to the handler's behavior, not just the dog's. This book reminds all handlers that being conscious of what they do with their dogs increases the effectiveness of therapy visits as well as providing a more rewarding experience for all involved.Written by a nationally famous practitioner with decades of real-world experience, the book introduces the "STEPs of Teamwork" and how those STEPs fit with a Therapy Dog's Bill of Rights. These general principles free handlers to apply them in their own way to their therapy dog's individual personality and work. As the author writes, "The book explores a way of being conscious of what you do with and to your therapy dog to support him in his work. It describes functional principles of behavior you can learn and use immediately, either together as a package or independently." Using an exciting new methodology, the author guides readers to deepen their relationship with their dogs by acting consciously and respectfully.

General

Imprint:	Purdue University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	March 2015
Authors:	Ann R. Howie
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	161
ISBN-13:	978-1-55753-703-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-55753-703-8
Barcode:	9781557537034

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