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71The Love of a Pet
They make you live longer, happier lives. Who else is happier than they've been all day when you get home from work? There's nothing better than the unconditional love a pet gives you.
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78ADHD Alternative Treatments: Nature Therapy
There are a number of natural and behavioral treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). One treatment that has been receiving a lot of attention in recent years is "nature therapy."...
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52Therapy Dogs
More and more therapist, doctors and mental health professionals are becoming aware of the wonderful therapeutic benefits of involving dogs in patient recovery. Dogs are used with brain injury...
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52The Adventures of Paco the Service Cat 5
Our four year old son James loves everything to do with cats, especially their soft fur, their funny ears, their slippery paws, their long tails. He giggles heartily when they chase his strings or jump for...
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76Training your dog for pet therapy certification
Pet therapy dogs or animal assisted therapy uses dogs or other animals to improve human health and healing. There's a lot of research showing that pets help people heal from mental, emotional and physical illness. Here's how to get started training your dog for pet therapy.
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74The Adventures of Paco the Service Cat
Paco's first day was riddled with anxiety and excitement on all sides. Will he actually make a good service cat? Are there unforeseen difficulties that will manifest now that he is in a strange...
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66Pet Therapy Training and Pet Assisted Therapy, How they work.
Pet therapy has been used for many years. It is the practice of using an animal, usually a dog, as a source of therapy. It has been especially effective when used with elderly patients and young children....
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75Horse Therapy for Alcoholics - EAP as Addiction Treatment
Horses just don't lie – and if you understand the messages they send, they can teach you a lot about yourself. Equine assisted therapy, or EAP, takes therapy out of the psychologist, or therapist's...
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74Pet Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy, more commonly known as Pet Therapy, is therapy involving an animal who aides a patient in achieving specific outcomes. While many modalities of therapy might include a pet component,...
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56Animal-assisted therapy (AAT)
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that involves an animal with specific features becoming a fundamental part of a person's treatment.The fields that animal assisted therapy works towards are,...
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