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Posted by PHHotdog on March 03, 2003 at 07:30:39:

In Reply to: Re: What types of things do you let your dog(s) do on visits? posted by KDiamondDavis on February 28, 2003 at 14:25:45:

Allowing someone to frighten or hurt a therapy dog is not doing that person any favors! Besides the fact that it's inhumane to the dog and can easily end a therapy dog's career by making the dog unable to calmly continue future visits, it can cause other people in that health-care facility to dislike the person for what they did to the dog. limits are.

Yes Kathy..always want to PROTECT your dog. On a side note, for those that have small dogs and if people would like the dog on their lap, be sure to always be right there "spot checking" and perhaps even holding your dog as the patient does as well to avoid any potential problems such as dropping the dog, etc. You might also want to hold your own dog and let the patient pet them on "YOUR" lap.

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