Lily is now a Bright Spot Therapy Dog. Today she passed her evaluation, making her my sixth therapy dog over the past twenty years. I’m extremely proud of Lily. She has a very sweet, loving temperament that really shines when she’s interacting with people, especially children. I realized this when I’d take her over to our library to practice her therapy dog training skills and to meet and greet people as they came in to get books. She was drawn to the children – and they to her. Even our seven-months-old grandson chose Lily (out of our four dogs) as his favorite!
Since I felt Lily’s forte would be working with children, her therapy dog evaluation was held with a child available so the Bright Spot evaluator could assess Lily’s reaction and interaction to this specific population. All her natural instincts and her training were on full display. She proved herself beautifully!
I’m thrilled that Lily is now set to help out with our Westhampton Elementary School Reading Buddies Program starting up in mid-September in the school library under the direction of Karen Rousseau, school librarian.
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