For the care, welfare and safety of all students and therapy dog, students must understand and agree to abide by the following rulesl:
1 Animals have individual rights, just as each student has rights. Thefore, therapy dogs are also allowed to determine if and when they participate with others. While it may be nice to have them interact, therapy dogs should never be forced to do so.
2. Therapy dogs should always be treated gently. They should never be hit, have the tail or other body parts pulled, nor be carried or treated in any other way that is uncomfortable or potentially harmful.
3. Students will never be left alone with the therapy.
Alliance of Thereapy Dogs are:
Extensively Tested:
Alliance of Therapy Dogs certified therapy dogs undergo extensive testing to make suret hat they have good manners and react postiviely to being touched by strangers. After passing the test, ATD require that the dog and the handler complete three successful interact with strangers in terapy-like settings. Two of these visits are in a medically related facility.
Clean, Groomed and Healthy:
ATD therapy dogs are cleaned and groomed before visits, up-to-date on rabies, vaccines and other inoculations recommended by their personal verterinarians, and show proof of a negative fecal exam every 12 Months.