Canine Inspired Change - Join our Team!

I was able to join my mom and auntie Danielle at The Canine Coach on Saturday, 1/30, for the Canine Inspired Change Informational Session. Instead of a fee, Canine Coach was great and let us ask for donations for my rescuer Karen and Red Lake Rosie's Rescue! We raised $241 in cash/check donations and got lots of food and treats!

There were SOOO many people at the informational session. Mom tells me they had to close registration down and that there was close to 60 people there! WOW!! I'm so excited that there are so many people interested in learning more about how they can partner with their dogs to become an animal therapy team. Auntie Danielle shared information on the new class that's being offered by Canine Coach - Canine Inspired Change. It's a 5 week course. A pre-requisite is that you and your dog are a registered animal therapy (it can be with any of the national organizations .... like Delta Society or TDI). After you take the CIC course then you can join me and my mom (and auntie Danielle and Sharpie) in volunteering in the community. It's really cool ... we teach the kids at school about the ABCs of CIC and auntie Danielle has lesson plans developed. I even had a chance to be a "demo" dog at the informational session when auntie Danielle showed the audience how we begin each group.

If you want to learn more about how to become an animal therapy team or if you want to learn more about the Canine Inspired Change course, you can email auntie Danielle at danielle@thek9coach.com.

Canine Inspired Change Informational Session

Hey everyone! We're going to be hosting an informational session on how you and your dog can become a pet partner team and join the Canine Inspired Change team .... can you imagine, you would get to do what Sharpie and I do??? :) It's going to be on Saturday, 1/30 at 1 PM at the St. Paul/Como Canine Coach location.

There's no cost to attend the session .... the only cost (and it's optional but I would highly recommend you consider it!) is a donation (monetary or anything a dog or even a cat would like!) to help my rescuer Karen Good at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. You can visit their blog for what they need most. I'll be sending supplies and monetary donations to rescuer Karen at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue, along with lots of slobbery kisses and maybe a few photos :)

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Introducing the Canine Inspired Change Team!

In 2009 lots and lots of good things happened to me: I was officially adopted by my mom (January 3rd, 2009 to be exact!), she let me rest and took care of me till I got over heartworm (and all the other health stuff I had to deal with!), I started training and went through Obedience I, Obedience II and Therapy dog class through the Canine Coach.... and in December 2009 I officially passed the Delta Society Therapy Dog evaluation and am a registered therapy dog! I have been volunteering at The Lab in St. Paul Public schools working with EBD youth. I've volunteered just with my mom, but lately have been volunteering with auntie Danielle and my pal Sharpie of the Canine Coach. As a result of that we are now creating something brand new ... auntie Danielle, Sharpie, my mom, and me are the first members of the Canine Inspired Change team, or as auntie Danielle says, Team CIC for the cool kids!! :)

Stay tuned for more information on the Canine Inspired Change program and how to get involved! In 2010 we'll be going out and making a difference in our community .... four paws at a time along with our 2-legged partners :)