K9 Paws Therapy Dog Program

K9 Paws Behavior Dog Training, Offers many types of Therapy Dog Training Programs. These trained dogs help members of the community that need some comfort, these teams are made up of members of the community that have dogs that have passed a specialized test that Marsha has Developed from working and training with many different breed of dogs over her 16 years in training, Therapy dogs are well trained pet dogs that live with their owners, and have gone though many hours of training that include multiple levels of Obedience, AKC CGC class and test they must pass, as well as yes therapy dog training this class teaches the owner and dog even more skills depending on what type of Therapy work they choose to do. 

There are many types of Therapy work these teams can do, the field has expanded from just going to hospital to visit,  to now doing visits to Major Crime Scenes, Courtroom dogs, to helping our First Responders after they have a difficult call ETC,  it has been proven that by petting, hugging, talking to animals will help calm a person and help them relax, remember things and focus better.   

In our program we train for all these with dogs and have equipment to help the dogs get used to medical equipment such as Wheelchairs, canes, O2 Tanks and more. The teams are required to keep a training log and we as a group do visits together to multiple locations.

Training these teams can take up to one year from start to finish the teams are require to keep their certification up it is a yearly renew at the cost of $85.00 

THIS INFORMATION IS OWNED AND COYWRITTEN BY MARSHA DURFEE OWNER OF K9 PAWS BEHAVIOR DOG TRAINING