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Benny's new job

For many years Benny worked at a rehabilitation hospital participating in occupational and physical therapy. He worked in the gym...

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Sep 2, 20212 min read

The next therapy animal class

After you attend the Free Orientation on September 11 - see the flyer below - the next in-person Pet Partners Handler Workshop in Las...

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Aug 9, 20211 min read

Our next Free Pet Partners Orientation

If you have ever considered becoming a Pet Partners therapy team with your dog, cat, pig, horse, guinea pig or rabbit, it’s not too soon...

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Jul 28, 20211 min read

Daisy Daisy Daisy

Daisy has always been one of our most beloved therapy dogs and we are thrilled she renewed for two more years. She is such a loving dog...

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Jul 28, 20211 min read

Meet our new therapy teams

We have three new therapy teams and can’t wait to see what they will do: Megan and Pax, Diane and Chewie and Debbie and Baxter. The Pet...

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Jul 28, 20211 min read

The best students

Our therapy dog class today was so much fun. We are into the role playing now and these teams are getting closer to evaluation day. They...

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Jul 17, 20211 min read

Julie goes to work

Julie is going on her first visit with some teens tomorrow and we are so excited. Teddy asked if he could come along so we will have two...

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Jul 2, 20211 min read

Pet Partners Handler Workshop

Saturday we are hosting our first live in-person Pet Partners Handler Workshop since January 2020. It is exciting to be able to offer...

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Jun 5, 20211 min read

Everyone passed today!

We had the great pleasure of conducting three Pet Partners renewal evaluations today and they all tested at the highest level. Kristy and...

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May 16, 20211 min read

The importance of shadowing

One of the greatest benefits of joining Pet Partners of Las Vegas is we provide opportunities for you to shadow experienced teams before...

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May 12, 20211 min read

"Not Ready" is not the end of the world

Scoring a Not Ready on your Pet Partners evaluation isn’t the end of the world. Or the end of your therapy team career. I was reminded...

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May 6, 20211 min read

The next Pet Partners Handler Workshop

We had a great orientation today and the June Pet Partners Handler Workshop is now full. We can’t have many people in the room but will...

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May 5, 20211 min read

2021 National Therapy Animal Day

We celebrated National Therapy Animal Day with our friends and colleagues at Southern Hills Hospital. We were especially excited because...

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Apr 30, 20211 min read

Chip aced it

Linsey and Chip had their first evaluation and did an excellent job for a first evaluation. Chip is a young Dalmatian and enthusiastic...

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Apr 24, 20211 min read

Phoenix is a star

Nichole and Phoenix were one of our first Complex teams and they continue to be an excellent team. Nothing fazes this team and Phoenix is...

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Apr 24, 20211 min read

Louie Louie Louie

Karen and Louie did an excellent job with their renewal evaluation. They are a lovely team and he follows her every move. He only wants...

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Apr 24, 20211 min read

Dante is a pioneer

Then we had the privilege of doing something never done before with Pet Partners. Dante is blind and has been a therapy dog for two...

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Apr 24, 20211 min read

Why would a therapy dog wear pajamas?

So we could take them off of course! Pet Partners does not approve of dogs wearing clothes or costumes when working as therapy dogs, but...

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Apr 18, 20212 min read

More about Zeke

Zeke went shopping today for his harness and is learning how to walk on a leash. Yes therapy cats have to pretty much do what the dogs...

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Apr 15, 20211 min read

Routine

Routine is very important to dogs. We always try to factor in some consistent routine for our therapy dogs when working. For instance,...

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Apr 15, 20211 min read