New Therapy Dog

[Luvs]

Akasha and Keil were tested today by the Delta Society to become Pet Partners.

Keil did GREAT and passed all his tests with flying colors. He tested with both my daughter and myself and passed both times. The only part of the test that he had even the slightest problem with was when he was being petted by the tester and I had to call him to me. He was enjoying the petting so much that I had to call him 2x. He loved all the attention and didn't mind anything they did to him. I am so proud of how well our boy did today:D

Akasha was a different story. Her testing was going great and she had passed everything until we came to the part where they picked up each of her feet. Akasha was not really impressed and kept trying to squirm away. She did not want her feet messed with and the rest of that portion of the test was spent with her trying to play keep away She also hesitated when it came time for her to walk up to the funny looking man with the walker. She did walk up to him and he was able to pet her without a problem but her hesitation caused her to fail that portion of the test.
The tester did tell me that she thought Akasha just needs to mature a little bit more and she will do just fine. They said that they would like to see us test again in a few months.:)

Several of the people helping commented on what good temperments both Akasha and Keil have :D They also said that they don't see alot of Rotties doing therapy work up here and that it was great to see us getting ours involved.

My daughter and I are going to go visit with the group without Keil at least once or twice so that we can get a feel for things before taking him along. We are going to take it slow, so we don't burn him out.


I think that being a pet partner is something that Keil will really enjoy doing. Hopefully his sister will be able to join him soon. My daughter is pretty happy that Keil finally beat his little sister at something;) :D

[Grisu]

Congratulations on the passing and near passing of your dogs. Hope you enjoy working with them and it will be very rewarding for all of you.

[LavenderRott]

Way to go, girl!!!!

[danyp1]

Congratulation :)

[rottnkidd]

Hi Carol! Congratulations! Akasha will be ok, she just might need a little more time. Best wishes to all of you -
kathy

[Ilovemypuppy]

I am a little late...BUT...Congratulations :D Well done !

[Skip]

Congratulations!

[lblax]

congrats....... i would like to add that your dogs are still young very young and dont give up when you have some setbacks........this is a job they can do until they are really up in age so dont rush ... you should be very proud of them

[Brooke&Ryan]

Way to go Carol!!! What great Rottie PR!!!

:D
Brooke

[Muckdogs]

Congrats. I am sure that you will find your experiences very rewarding.

[pbach]

Way to GOOOOOOOOOO! Congratulations and best of luck.

Patty

[Birdie'sMom]

That's awesome! Congratulations!:)

[Luvs]

Thank you everyone:D
I am very excited about having a dog we can do therapy work with. It is something I wanted to do with my previous Rotties, but unfortunately I did not know how important early socialization was. Thankfully I learned from my previous mistakes and did not make the same one with these two.

Originally posted by lblax
congrats....... i would like to add that your dogs are still young very young and dont give up when you have some setbacks........this is a job they can do until they are really up in age so dont rush ... you should be very proud of them

Larry,
I totally agree with you. Akasha and Keil are very young and we plan on taking it very slow with them. I am hoping to test Akasha again sometime this spring, IF I feel she is ready. If she is not ready then we will wait until she is. I want this to be something they enjoy for a very long time, so we will do our best to keep it positive and fun for them.

We have been waiting until the holidays are over to take Keil in to get his physical. Once he gets the ok from the vet then my daughter and I are going to start going on visits with the group w/o Keil, so we can get a feel for things before taking him.

I am really looking forward to getting started in what I hope will be a long and rewarding venture :D :D