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Todays therapy-dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs. Teaming with ones dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to our own behavior, not just our dogs. This book re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howie, Ann R., 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Wycoff, Kirby (Author of introduction, etc.), Clothier, Suzanne (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
psychology.
Chordata (phylum)
Vertebrata (subphylum)
Mammalia (class)
psychoanalysis.
Carnivora (order)
behavioral sciences.
Human-animal relationships.
Dogs > Therapeutic use.
Dogs > Psychology.
MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / General
PETS > Dogs > General.
MEDICAL > General.
Chiens > Psychologie.
Relations homme-animal.
Chiens > Emploi en therapeutique.
Human-Animal Bond
Dogs > psychology
Animal Assisted Therapy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Todays therapy-dog handlers recognize the need to be teammates with their dogs. Teaming with ones dog involves unobtrusively providing physical and emotional support as well as respectful guidance in what to do. Being a teammate requires attention to our own behavior, not just our dogs. This book reminds all handlers that being conscious of what we do with our dogs helps them do their best work, and also can increase the effectiveness of our visits. Teaming with Your Therapy Dog teaches the STEPs of Teamwork and how those STEPs fit with the Therapy Dogs Bill of Rights. These general principles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (132 pages).
ISBN:9781612493886

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