Whats that stick?

Hey, so did you know sometimes you might meet people in the therapy world that use sticks to walk?  or hang out in these really cool chairs that have wheels?  as therapy dogs we need to know that these are not things to play with or to be scared of! 



Izzy the cat helping!



THE stick,...



 The stick thing, thats a little weird.  Sometimes you might be bumped with a stick.  Thats okay because your mom or dad are there to protect you so you don't have to be scared.  Izzy my cat is helping me check out the stick. 

maybe if I give it a little play bow,....

Those chairs with wheels?  my mother told me they are called wheelchairs.  They are used to help folks get around if they can't walk well.  last night my mother took me to training and we got to practice with folks in a wheelchair.  Here's a really cool trick my mother taught me!



Chin or Cheek - do you know how to do these?  Once you learn to put your "chin" or "cheek" on something, you can do it on anything!  Your mom may ask you to do "chin" or "cheek" on the wheelchair or even on the leg of someone sitting!  Hey, this is pretty cool, here's a wheelchair, I do chin, my mother gives me praise, tells me "all done" and then I get a cookie!  Wahoo, what fun is that! 

Sometimes, I practice doing "chin" on the cat, just for practice of course ,...