Becoming an Inclusive Leader - Bernadette Thompson
Love dog adventures power point 2015 version 3
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Love Dog Adventures
Animal Assisted Therapy Animal Programs
Serving Las Vegas and
surrounding communities through
positive interactions with animals
in therapeutic and educational
environments
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Love Dog Adventures inspires physical and emotional
healing through the use of interactive animal-assisted
therapy and community education…
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As a Community Partner Affiliate of the nationally
renowned animal therapy organization, Pet Partners, we
uphold the gold standard of animal therapy
volunteerism…
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Day with Love Dog AdventuresLove Dogs
Adventures started
with one fluffy
white poodle
named
Coco the Love
Dog…
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She spent most of her
life diabetic, blind and
deaf…
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She was the most natural therapy dog ever and paved the
way for all the future Love Dogs…
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She even wrote
a book and
created a Coco
doll so many
more people
could get to
know her…
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But as Coco got older she couldn’t do some of the things
she used to.
And the children who came to love her said “She doesn’t
have to do anything because she’s the Love Dog – she
just has to love us”.
So forever more she was known as Coco the Love Dog…
And Love Dog
Adventures was
born
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WHO WE ARE …..
Love Dog Adventures is an all volunteer therapy animal
program serving a wide variety of populations in our
community…
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Through the healing power of the
animals, we are dedicated to
improving health and well-being…
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the leash are
important in a
good therapy
dog team…
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The rigorous training and requirements of Pet Partners
ensures that every Love Dog Adventures therapy team
inspires confidence in the public as they know our teams are
safe, safe, safe...
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Our animals are
trained with only
positive methods and
re-tested every two
years to ensure safety
for both handler and
animal…
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And they are
prepared to
work with a
broad range of
client
populations…
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Love Dog Adventures
creates unique,
customized programming
for each facility or
educational partner to
ensure we meet their
needs…
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Such as Story
Time with the
Love Dogs – our
reading
program…
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Be Cool, Not Cruel – our anti-bully initiative that travels
from school to school teaching first and second graders
how to be kind through the eyes of the dogs…
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Be Cool Not Cruel
helps children to
understand, like
dogs, we are all
different….
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Response to Intervention
Working with children and adults experiencing life differently
than others and through the human-animal connection, new
worlds are opened up…
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Change occurs in a
very positive and
secure environment…
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Harnessing the power of the dog (or cat!) to bring about a
result or goal…
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Love Dogs
Adventure’s
therapy animals
in action…
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Our Stroke Rehabilitation
program has become a very
important part of our therapy
initiatives and is now sought
after by stroke recovery
programs …
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And who can resist the smile
of a Love Dog???
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And the Love Dogs have now
become well known for
helping, in all the colleges, to
reduce stress for students…
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Quality
teams are
critical to
the success
of a good
therapy
animal
program…
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Students benefit by just
holding a dog and
taking a break from
studying and testing…
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A kiss, a bow,
and a little hug
all make life a
little easier to
deal with…
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OUR FUTURE
With your help we can continue to graduate incredible
handler/animal teams and celebrate the joy of
volunteerism through the human-animal connection at
both ends of the leash…
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Love Dog Adventures loves making a difference in the
lives of so many different populations in our community,
but we need your help and support also….
What your donation supports:
$500.00 can provide training for one Love Dog therapy team
$100.00 can purchase Trading Cards for one team
$75.00 can purchase books for Story Time & school visits
$50.00 can purchase Love Dog Bracelets for school visits
$25.00 can purchase Love Dog Bookmarks for school visits
501c3 status pending
41. How you can help….
Volunteer with or without your own animal.
Speak with Sue Grundfest or a Volunteer to
learn how to join our team
Donate support to help us continue our
community programs
Donations can be made by sending checks to:
Love Dog Adventures at 10222 Cantiamo Court
Las Vegas, NV 89135 or by credit card
For more information visit us at
www.lovedogadventures.org or
contact Sue Grundfest at 917-301-4710
Love Dog Adventures is a Non-Profit IRS
Approved 501C3.
42. Celebrate National Therapy Dog
Day with Love Dog AdventuresWe thank you for
allowing us to bring the Love Dogs into
your lives today…