Visiting people is what I do best!
Sunday afternoon Rebecca took me to a senior care facility in Wheaton. The place was called Brighton Gardens of Wheaton. It was a pretty cool visit. When we first came in, I meet one of the workers dog’s named Sadie. She is a 8 year old female golden retriever that comes to work everyday with her owner. How cool is that? They hang out in the front part of the living area. Rebecca and I, along with our friends Liz (human) and Rosie ( 7 year old German Shepherd… certified therpy dog through Therapy Dogs International) went through some doors and ended up in a different living area. This was an area for people with severe Alzheimer’s ( not really sure what that is, but I heard the humans talking about it, so maybe you know too). Most people were in wheel chairs or walkers which I totally did not care about. I just wandered up to people, and they would lean over and pet my head. I got to go down to their rooms and visit some of them that did not feel up to getting out of bed. It was fun. They were all having an ice cream snack when I got there, and Rebecca was so proud of me because even though the ice cream was at my nose level… I DID NOT TRY TO EAT IT. I know… I’m cool. We stayed about 2 hours. I visited almost everyone that I could find. It was really fun, and Rebecca said we can go back next Sunday if I want. I love visiting people and I love car rides, so all in all, this seems like a pretty good deal. Don’t you think?
Rebecca says I am not a certified therapy dog, but she and the other trainers of Narnia have hypothesized that I would be good at it and enjoy it. If someone is interested in doing that kind of work, the trainers at Narnia said that they would help get me ready for the tests. Until then, I am going to keep going to Brighton Gardens to share some happiness and get lots of practice.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Blu- You are a fabulous dog. We enjoyed every single minute with you!! We have never been around a dog that fun. Youare so lucky to be loved by so many. We just know the people at the nursing home loved you too. Thank you for brightening up so many peoples lives.
Love from the bottom of our hearts to you and your care takers, The Soyars Family
(Vincie, Bill, Caroline, Eliza and Lilly)