Welcome to the 21st episode of Therapy Dog Talk: a weekly interview of Therapy Dog teams.

In this episode we interviewed Hailey of @darrelthedoge who shared:

➡️ Why she decided to focus on trick training as a precursor to Therapy Dog training.

➡️ How she tries to make each piece of their day intentional for their focus work and training goals.

➡️ How she discovered Therapy Dogs through the work that she does in memory care and the impact she has seen from animals working with people living with dementia.

➡️ What intimidated her about training Darrel to be a Therapy Dog and who inspired her.

➡️ How the journey to Therapy Dog is not as linear or flawless as we often perceive it to be.

Give it a listen and let me know which part you found the most helpful, then follow their journey and see Darrel in action as the office dog at @darrelthedoge.

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