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Certified therapy dog training near me.
Akc does not certify therapy dogs.
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Training your dog to become a certified therapy dog is a wonderful way to bond and spend quality time together.
Therapy dogs are dispensers of unconditional love and affection.
The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is its temperament.
Therapy dogs must enjoy human contact and be content to be petted cuddled and handled sometimes clumsily by unfamiliar people and to enjoy that contact.
Certification is the final hurdle in a dedicated process toward becoming a therapy dog however which includes temperament assessment training and more.
Currently we have one certified therapy dog named lily.
We also have a 3 year old american staffordshire mix named louie and we foster numerous pit bully breeds with our local.
Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds.
A certified therapy dog must be friendly patient confident gentle and at ease in all situations.
Therapy dog training and certification.
What you need to know.
The certification and training is done by qualified therapy dog organizations.
She is a 5 year old american pit bull terrier who holds her r e a d cgc cgca cgcu tkn and thdx titles and is miss september for the 2018 pinups for pitbulls.