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Not Just
for Dogs...
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Photo By Ross Taylor
Tails
of Joy members are
committed to bringing joy to others with their pets. While
visiting is done as a team, the pet is the star of the show.
Our member teams visit with people in
hospitals,
nursing homes and other facilities. Handlers with additional volunteer training participate
in hospice programs providing end-of-life comfort, while
others visit in schools and children's facilities, participating
in reading and educational programs.
Some members provide animal assisted
therapy with their pets in a treatment setting, such
as occupational or physical therapy.
 Think
of the wonderful feeling you experience when your pet purrs
beneath your touch or wags his tail just because he is happy
to see you. Sharing your pet and the things that he does
that put a smile on your face not only brings happiness and
comfort to the person being visited, but also enriches your
life.
All visiting teams are registered with a nationally recognized animal therapy organization. Registration ensures that the team has been evaluated for skill and appropriateness for interacting with those wishing visits and that the handler has training in related topics such as privacy, protection against disease transmission and stress recognition in their partner. It also ensures that the team is covered by liability insurance.
Tails of Joy members provide support to each other and to individuals who are interested in getting involved with their pet through meetings and a monthly newsletter, opportunities to share ideas and visit requests, participate in a mentoring program for new therapy teams, educational programs, and training classes for handlers and dogs to help them prepare for registration with a nationally recognized animal therapy organization.
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Next Meeting
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tails-U-Win
Manchester
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Where Do We Visit?
The majority of TOJ members are located in Central and Northeastern Connecticut, but we are spread across the state. As volunteers, our members choose where to visit based on their interests. |
Want to Get Involved?
Becoming actively involved does not require you have a purebred companion animal or an animal of a specific size. We ask only that you spend a couple of hours each month providing AAA / AAT.
TOJ welcomes members who are registered with a nationally recognized animal therapy organization and those who are in training to become registered teams. |
 Therapy Dog Training Classes
are forming
now - learn more about getting involved with Animal Assisted Activities & Animal Assisted Therapy with your dog. Classes offered in Bloomfield, Manchester and Willington.
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Evaluations and re-evaluations for the Delta Society Pet Partner and Intermountain Therapy Animal registration are offered several times a year.
 
Registration with a nationally recognized animal therapy organization is a requirement for those people
who would like
to become full members
in Tails Of Joy.
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