ROXIE’S FAMILY AND DOG ISSUES

There are so many ways that my canine friends can heal a family, or help someone with a disabiity do better.  This site will bring out some examples where my fellow canines have helped individuals and families deal with difficult issues. SEE ROXIE’S BABY AND DOG ISSUES –Watch Lullabies Soothes Both Babies and Dogs and then listen to a sample of the music therapy cd, Listen to a Sample of this Music Therapy Cd

ROXIE’S FAMILY AND DOG ISSUES:

PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE DOG TASKS: BI POLAR DISORDER, DEPRESSION ETC

Carrie Fisher and her Service Dog Gary a French Bulldog at the Airport

The View Highlights Pet Partners First Annual Animal Therapy Day May 18 2015. Mary Margaret Callahan volunteer and spokesperson with Pet Partners joins the View May 18 2015 with her therapy dog, a very young cancer survivor and a mini horse. Pet Partners also use rabbits, cats, guinea pigs as therapy animal.  See Video

DOGS PERFORMING CPR COULD IT BE IN THEIR DNA? (video) articles. Teka the three-year-old Australian cattle dog performed cpr on his owner Jim Touzeau and had been given the RSPCA’s animal achievement award for saving his owner Jim Touzeau life 2007.

Puppies Behind Bars Program get inmates at several prisons in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to help train service dogs to assist disabled people, including veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

Second Chance How Adoption Saved A Boy with Autism and His Shelter Dog by  Sandra J. Gerencher – All characters in the story are based on Sandra’s real life family.  Read along as this adopted dog adjusts to his new home and the boy with autism who befriends him.Sandra J. Gerencher is a special education teacher. Before becoming a teacher, she worked at Lehigh University in a school-based program, as a Program Specialist for adults with disabilities.

KATIE THE MIRACLE DOG – SLATED FOR EUTHANASIA KATIE BECAME A READING THERAPY DOG

My Name Is Roxie Replies to Thinking Mother’s Post: “Am I the only one that thinks having a child read aloud to a dog is weird or inferior?”

  CHILDREN READING TO DOGS=R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) (Videos and Links)

  Therapy Dog(Henry) and a Child with Autism( Henry and Zachary parts 1,2,3,4 and 5 a case study)

 DOGS AND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM(VIDEOS AND LINKS)

 Hanson Center (video) use rescue dogs to work with autistic children

   R.E.A.D.(READING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOGS PROGRAM)  and  HOORAY FOR READING DAY!(Jessica Worries Series) by MARGERY CUYLER

 MAY I PET YOUR DOG BY STEPHANIE CALMENSON