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Tails Of Success
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| November 9, 2007 |
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What does it take to be Certified for Animal-assisted Therapy or Crisis Response?
Join Sabrina and guest, Dave Valantine, the President of HOPE Animal-Assisted Therapy and Crisis Response as they talk about what is involved in the certification process,the difference between Animal-assisted Therapy and Crisis Response and Dave's personal experience in working with people in both situations. |
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Episode Segments:
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What to look for when thinking of getting certified and what Therapy Dogs do
Sabrina talks with Dave about how he got into Therapy and Crisis Response work, how to choose where to go if you want to get certified with your dog for this kind of work, and the difference between therapy and crisis response. |
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Crisis Response Work
Dave explains to Sabrina what is invovled in Crisis Response work. |
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Therapy and Crisis Response Certification
Sabrina and Dave talk about what is involved in the certification process for both therapy and crisis response teams and what happens once a team has passed the process. Dave also shares some of his personal experience in doing crisis response work. |
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Crisis Response is not just for large-scale Disasters
Sabrina talks to Dave about different crisis response situations, care for canines and humans involved in crisis response work, the future of canine-assisted therapy and crisis response, and the breeds involved in this work. |
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Links to Related Websites:
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www.hopeaacr.org
To find out more about HOPE and animal-assisted crisis response including how to become certified for therapy work or crisis response click on this link |
www.deltasociety.org
To learn more about animal-assisted therapy, click on this link |
www.tdi-dog.org
For information about Therapy Dogs International, click on this link |
www.tailsofsuccess.com
For more information about Sabrina Schneppat as a dog trainer, her award-winning pet portraiture, or to submit questions or a dog that you think could be the "Pet of the Month" click on this link |
www.myspace.com/lincmusic
Special thanks to Craig Lincoln for the music taken from "Cats and Dogs" |
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| Guest(s) Appearing on this Episode |
Dave Valantine
 Dave Valantine, president of HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response, is a former high technology systems engineer who, in 2004, decided to become a certified professional dog trainer. Dave became involved in training dogs and their people after he and his wife Diane rescued a Labrador Retriever, named Bailey. They trained Bailey to be a therapy dog and to compete in AKC obedience trials. Dave and Bailey earned two obedience titles, including the AKC’s Companion Dog Excellent title in 2003. Dave and Diane were trained and certified with Bailey to provide emotional support and comfort to people affected by crises and disasters. They have responded to several disasters including a Metrolink train derailment, Hurricane Katrina, and several wildfires, including the October 2007 fires in So. California.
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