Therapy Animal Update

Many of you know I am a BIG proponent of Animal Assisted Activities and Animal Assisted Therapy. I am so pleased that our own Mandel Manor has taken on the responsibility of their own dog. Princess is a beautiful addition to the Mandel Family. We also have our therapeutic horseback riding program, where the residents get to ride, pet and love our three therapy horses, Thor, Sunday and Cheif. In March, Rocky, Pistol and Maddie will be back at the riding program. Barney, the certified therapy Golden Retriever, visits Garrison home, while Seymour the Labrador mix visits our on campus homes. I am very hopeful that we will have one more therapy dog, named Sasha, joining the team in the next month or so. She will visit the off campus homes. Dogs and Horses rule!