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What Makes a Good Therapy Team?

Patty and Andy full-800 copyBoth the Handler and Animal must possess the skills and knowledge required to visit people in a wide range of settings. They must work as a team at all times and inspire confidence in the people with whom they are visiting.

Handlers must be:

  • Confident and natural in their interactions with people and animals
  • Proactively in control of their animal at all times
  • Actively engaged in interactions with people and accepting and forgiving of differences in people’s reactions and behavior

Animals must be:

  • Reliable, predictable, and directable
  • Friendly and confident
  • Interested in visiting strangers
  • Respectful of personal boundaries
  • Able to initiate contact, stay engaged, make eye contact, and allow their behaviors to be redirected

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Things You Should Know

Please review the following materials to help determine if you and your animal are a good fit for the program.

Program Requirements

Policies and Procedures

Expected Behavior Checklist

Sample Evaluation

At Denver Pet Partners, our volunteers serve diverse populations of people with any of the nine species of animals we register. We are committed to creating a volunteer work force that is representative of the populations we serve. We welcome unique perspectives and experiences in terms of national origin, culture, socioeconomic background, ethnicity, race, color, sex, gender identity and expression, education, age, languages spoken, veteran status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs, which help us strengthen our impact in our community.

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10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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