Fluffy Love and Peace: Therapy Dogs (Event 1)

Part of the requirements in this transfer class is to attend three different events at the campus! I went to my first event a week or so ago and spent time with therapy dogs!

There were about 10 different dogs and their owners in the group. I got to spend time with all the dogs and speak with their owners, and I got to learn a lot about the organization that the dogs were with! Love On a Leash is comprised of people who volunteer their own dogs into the program. I thought that it was very cool and also very generous for them to share the love of their dogs with people! The dogs must be registered and trained in obedience and also have the proper temperament to be a therapy dog. Love On A Leash takes groups of owners and their dogs to colleges with students under stress about school, libraries where kids can read to them, and to old people homes where eye contact with the dogs is very calming to them. I’m sure that they go to many other places, but I liked hearing that they visit people of all ages.

I really enjoyed this first event I attended at the campus; I can’t wait for the next event I can attend!