after a long day of work or school we
tend to accumulate a large amount of
stress that can be a way out then we
open the door to our home and are
embraced by this furry creature barking
and jumping our legs and it something
feels like all the tension that’s typed
up within us suddenly dissipates begins
to melt away greeting our pets is a very
therapeutic experience despite the same
event happening every single day without
exception no matter how bad a mood we’re
in our pets make the whole world see
better
some animals are trying to perform to
replicate this feeling for those who do
not have the opportunity to have a pet
these are known as therapy girls who are
taught to behave politely and calmly in
public so that they can visit many young
children hospitals or elderly patients
in nursing homes therapy animals are
certified after undergoing a training
course with their handlers followed by
exam issued by a proctor finally you’ll
see a picture of my dog Rembrandt
there’s Rembrandt
who I underwent an eight-week course
with and managed to pass the exam he’s
actually quite a nervous dog usually to
help until he’s around groups of people
and I always found that interesting in
my positive nature kicked in
you see I’m currently studying to be a
veterinary behaviorist
I’ve always wondered why would the dog
eat that why did the cat scratch them I
felt the need to act as an advocate for
animals some of how they lack the
ability to speak on their own pack like
us dogs can actually become stress
themselves which can take an extreme
toll on them both mentally and
physically this leads the development of
poor mental health therapy dogs
especially the highly charged emotional
environments in which they perform that
therapy work replaces stress on such
they can develop extreme depression or
even aggression that prevents them from
performing therapy working since general
therapy is also referred to as a miracle
medicine it is always tragic when I
therapy dog refuses to participate in
this selfish activity that brightens
lives for so many people across the
world I have become determined trying to
way to prevent the onset of depression
in therapy dogs so that both patients
and dogs can enjoy the mutually
beneficial interaction that occurs
I developed a research question to start
myself off in the right direction by
finding out what information already
exists on a subject and what I need to
discover for myself I wanted to know do
therapy dogs develop stress and use
depression or highly charged emotional
environments in a study performed by
Virginia Commonwealth University is
improving that therapy dogs can in fact
lower the stress level of individuals as
little as five minutes the best way to
measure stress animals as well is by
testing out cortisol via a collection of
saliva or blood I personally chose blood
just thinking
clucks like a dog’s mouth is little
messy as defined by James L Wilson
course all is a hormone that influences
regulates for modulates many of the
changes that occur in the body responds
to stress what I did with this entire
project is I start off by getting my dog
what’s called a CGC certification also
known as the canine good citizen which
is presented by American Kennel Club and
to do this tonight I think my ink
recourse which evolved anywhere from
beginner level tricks to intermediate
level little sitting and staying down
very far distances to greeting people
and teaching you how to be polite
society and after I got my exam I got to
choose where I could are taking this
spirit of mine and I chose to my first
location a place known as Covenant House
Easton many of you have probably know
about Covenant House is an amazing
facility that we have that actually is
nationwide as well and what they do is
they take in teens and young adults who
have grown too old for with foster
justice something need a place to stay
so I can get on their feet and they need
food a place to sleep in I am covering
house helps to do that how I came to
this place was I went to the gym one day
and my mom introduced me to a lady and
Padma said she was a CEO of Covenant
House and she said please we love this
sort of thing we love would be whack
interact with
of a house and I rock guitar starting
next week and I had a great time there
this was a very young and upbeat crowd
and we usually sat in a big circle and I
just talked to them about what it was
like being a dog owner since many of
them wanted to own dogs once they got
out of the shelter and they could have
no elements place where they could own
their own animals and they pet all over
him they did tricks that I taught him
and it was really loud and my person
tiring it by the neighbors is really fun
thing for me to do and for my dog after
the next location I chose was place
called Windsor Quail Valley nursing home
and I wasn’t sure which place I get to
practice for a nursing home but I knew I
wanted to do that one specifically
because I’ve always seen pictures of
dogs laying the beds of few minutes and
I wanted to soothe actually it’s just
like getting to hear both the human and
see what my dog did in that environment
so I was talking to my grandma who
happens to be in Windsor Quail Valley
and she said that they have therapy dogs
come once a week so I emailed the lady
charge of activities there and she said
please come on by what’s week two or so
I started doing that and I began amazing
at it great time trade-off that under
people’s names and seeing recurring
patients each week and from having such
wide range of environments which I got
to for my experiment I I learned how to
interact with all sorts of people from
elderly patients who are not certain
what’s going on around them to these
live children we were jumping and
screaming in
to pet the dog though I haven’t chase it
so I really learned how to communicate
and be the advocate for myself to tell
them what I was doing as a teenager of
their age or as a dog honor and I also
learned to really be able to pick up on
stress and dogs which is going to be a
big part of my career and I learned to
see when he was getting nervous or
anxious somebody’s grabbing him to tie
by chasing around too much was getting
tired and I learned how to have kid free
as as I went on with my project I began
to start to see some immediate data
coming by and I got to first put so so
sophisticated for for you here so you
can really see what I was doing and as
you can see you for the very first date
at Covenant House you started off with
what is considered a high level of
cortisol as it’s usually measured from 2
to 6 micrograms per deciliter and he
started off with toward the higher end
and very first visit because he was not
sure what was happening and even still
raised at the end due to stress and
excitement from this new to senior
activity that is performing if you see
for the rest of the data continuous it’s
a very very continuous pattern that it
significantly raises at the end of each
visit indicating that there was in fact
a large amount of stress placed not
having at at the end of each visit that
I have and so we’re doing this there are
many different factors that are included
here and one of them being that I didn’t
have to ride to and from the location of
each one which can stressful events to
occur even the slightest open road can
alter a dog’s the dog’s well-being and
it can shake them up a little in
conclusion what I did pick up from all
this giant experience for me was that
dogs respond to any different thing in
such strange ways to me that back in my
mind they continue to boggle my
impressions of what
dollars all the time and I learned how
to see with no tane what they’re saying
and be able to relate that information
to successively and I would love for all
of you to be able to learn to do that
into cells with it so you can all learn
how to talk with your dog I know we kind
of do it now but thank you Pookie is not
the same that doesn’t always work for me
and also I did learned that some things
that can benefit our humans and actually
hurt our animals I did learn how to
decrease my compassion when looking at
these pets of mine was what just made
period animals that other people are
Buddhism with medicine to others they
bright everybody they have such healing
factors that I have to take into
consideration if you use something to do
something you will lose it why this
mutant matter specifically for y’all out
here it’s because I want you to hear it
straight from a mouth that advocate for
your dog to continue this sort of
program if any of y’all got I hope not
but if anything I’ll get sick then
you’ll most likely see one of these
therapy dogs coming by to visit you in
to brighten your day brighten your
family’s day I want you to understand
the benefits and drawbacks of animal
therapy as well I’m here to direct your
needs our animals on to you thank you
tend to accumulate a large amount of
stress that can be a way out then we
open the door to our home and are
embraced by this furry creature barking
and jumping our legs and it something
feels like all the tension that’s typed
up within us suddenly dissipates begins
to melt away greeting our pets is a very
therapeutic experience despite the same
event happening every single day without
exception no matter how bad a mood we’re
in our pets make the whole world see
better
some animals are trying to perform to
replicate this feeling for those who do
not have the opportunity to have a pet
these are known as therapy girls who are
taught to behave politely and calmly in
public so that they can visit many young
children hospitals or elderly patients
in nursing homes therapy animals are
certified after undergoing a training
course with their handlers followed by
exam issued by a proctor finally you’ll
see a picture of my dog Rembrandt
there’s Rembrandt
who I underwent an eight-week course
with and managed to pass the exam he’s
actually quite a nervous dog usually to
help until he’s around groups of people
and I always found that interesting in
my positive nature kicked in
you see I’m currently studying to be a
veterinary behaviorist
I’ve always wondered why would the dog
eat that why did the cat scratch them I
felt the need to act as an advocate for
animals some of how they lack the
ability to speak on their own pack like
us dogs can actually become stress
themselves which can take an extreme
toll on them both mentally and
physically this leads the development of
poor mental health therapy dogs
especially the highly charged emotional
environments in which they perform that
therapy work replaces stress on such
they can develop extreme depression or
even aggression that prevents them from
performing therapy working since general
therapy is also referred to as a miracle
medicine it is always tragic when I
therapy dog refuses to participate in
this selfish activity that brightens
lives for so many people across the
world I have become determined trying to
way to prevent the onset of depression
in therapy dogs so that both patients
and dogs can enjoy the mutually
beneficial interaction that occurs
I developed a research question to start
myself off in the right direction by
finding out what information already
exists on a subject and what I need to
discover for myself I wanted to know do
therapy dogs develop stress and use
depression or highly charged emotional
environments in a study performed by
Virginia Commonwealth University is
improving that therapy dogs can in fact
lower the stress level of individuals as
little as five minutes the best way to
measure stress animals as well is by
testing out cortisol via a collection of
saliva or blood I personally chose blood
just thinking
clucks like a dog’s mouth is little
messy as defined by James L Wilson
course all is a hormone that influences
regulates for modulates many of the
changes that occur in the body responds
to stress what I did with this entire
project is I start off by getting my dog
what’s called a CGC certification also
known as the canine good citizen which
is presented by American Kennel Club and
to do this tonight I think my ink
recourse which evolved anywhere from
beginner level tricks to intermediate
level little sitting and staying down
very far distances to greeting people
and teaching you how to be polite
society and after I got my exam I got to
choose where I could are taking this
spirit of mine and I chose to my first
location a place known as Covenant House
Easton many of you have probably know
about Covenant House is an amazing
facility that we have that actually is
nationwide as well and what they do is
they take in teens and young adults who
have grown too old for with foster
justice something need a place to stay
so I can get on their feet and they need
food a place to sleep in I am covering
house helps to do that how I came to
this place was I went to the gym one day
and my mom introduced me to a lady and
Padma said she was a CEO of Covenant
House and she said please we love this
sort of thing we love would be whack
interact with
of a house and I rock guitar starting
next week and I had a great time there
this was a very young and upbeat crowd
and we usually sat in a big circle and I
just talked to them about what it was
like being a dog owner since many of
them wanted to own dogs once they got
out of the shelter and they could have
no elements place where they could own
their own animals and they pet all over
him they did tricks that I taught him
and it was really loud and my person
tiring it by the neighbors is really fun
thing for me to do and for my dog after
the next location I chose was place
called Windsor Quail Valley nursing home
and I wasn’t sure which place I get to
practice for a nursing home but I knew I
wanted to do that one specifically
because I’ve always seen pictures of
dogs laying the beds of few minutes and
I wanted to soothe actually it’s just
like getting to hear both the human and
see what my dog did in that environment
so I was talking to my grandma who
happens to be in Windsor Quail Valley
and she said that they have therapy dogs
come once a week so I emailed the lady
charge of activities there and she said
please come on by what’s week two or so
I started doing that and I began amazing
at it great time trade-off that under
people’s names and seeing recurring
patients each week and from having such
wide range of environments which I got
to for my experiment I I learned how to
interact with all sorts of people from
elderly patients who are not certain
what’s going on around them to these
live children we were jumping and
screaming in
to pet the dog though I haven’t chase it
so I really learned how to communicate
and be the advocate for myself to tell
them what I was doing as a teenager of
their age or as a dog honor and I also
learned to really be able to pick up on
stress and dogs which is going to be a
big part of my career and I learned to
see when he was getting nervous or
anxious somebody’s grabbing him to tie
by chasing around too much was getting
tired and I learned how to have kid free
as as I went on with my project I began
to start to see some immediate data
coming by and I got to first put so so
sophisticated for for you here so you
can really see what I was doing and as
you can see you for the very first date
at Covenant House you started off with
what is considered a high level of
cortisol as it’s usually measured from 2
to 6 micrograms per deciliter and he
started off with toward the higher end
and very first visit because he was not
sure what was happening and even still
raised at the end due to stress and
excitement from this new to senior
activity that is performing if you see
for the rest of the data continuous it’s
a very very continuous pattern that it
significantly raises at the end of each
visit indicating that there was in fact
a large amount of stress placed not
having at at the end of each visit that
I have and so we’re doing this there are
many different factors that are included
here and one of them being that I didn’t
have to ride to and from the location of
each one which can stressful events to
occur even the slightest open road can
alter a dog’s the dog’s well-being and
it can shake them up a little in
conclusion what I did pick up from all
this giant experience for me was that
dogs respond to any different thing in
such strange ways to me that back in my
mind they continue to boggle my
impressions of what
dollars all the time and I learned how
to see with no tane what they’re saying
and be able to relate that information
to successively and I would love for all
of you to be able to learn to do that
into cells with it so you can all learn
how to talk with your dog I know we kind
of do it now but thank you Pookie is not
the same that doesn’t always work for me
and also I did learned that some things
that can benefit our humans and actually
hurt our animals I did learn how to
decrease my compassion when looking at
these pets of mine was what just made
period animals that other people are
Buddhism with medicine to others they
bright everybody they have such healing
factors that I have to take into
consideration if you use something to do
something you will lose it why this
mutant matter specifically for y’all out
here it’s because I want you to hear it
straight from a mouth that advocate for
your dog to continue this sort of
program if any of y’all got I hope not
but if anything I’ll get sick then
you’ll most likely see one of these
therapy dogs coming by to visit you in
to brighten your day brighten your
family’s day I want you to understand
the benefits and drawbacks of animal
therapy as well I’m here to direct your
needs our animals on to you thank you
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