Barking Up The Right Tree

An Educational Day About the Science of Pet Therapy, Handler and Dog Safety & Canine First Aid

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Evan Fox, Hartford Healthcare Psychiatrist and Medical Director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

--Explore how Therapy Dogs help humans

--Learn emergency dog handling skills – How to keep our dogs safe!

--Canine First Aid & CPR Skills (meet Axel the Sim-dog)

--Understanding the role of the HHC Public Safety K9 Unit in our hospitals – Who are all those wonderful detection dogs? 

--What do nurses and clinicians need to understand about Therapy dogs, Security dogs, and Service dogs? 

Join us for a fun, engaging, and educational day focused on the growing field of pet therapy, working dogs and the essential canine safety knowledge every dog-parent should know.