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AKC Therapy Dog Title!

by | Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized | 3 comments


I think this is some of the best news I have heard to date.  AKC is offering a new title for dogs who actively do therapy work!!!  Many dogs I place become therapy dogs and this is a way for these great people to show off just what their dogs do.  Here is the press release from the AKC minutes

“AKC will issue a Therapy Dog title (THD) to purebred and mixed-breed dogs that are registered/listed with the AKC and meet the following criteria:

    (1) have been certified by a participating therapy dog certification organizations and
    (2) have performed a minimum of 50 community service visits as a therapy dog

This would be a suffix title. The title would be issued at the request of the owner who would fill out a title application form and submit documentation that the dog has met the criteria. There would be a fee of $20 for the issuance of the title. The AKC Therapy Dog title will also function as an advanced level of Canine Good Citizen, by providing an activity in which the dog will perform the skills on the CGC test in a therapy setting. The program will be launched June 27, 2011.”

This title will qualify for my ‘refund’ policy.  If you do therapy and have one of my dogs, I will refund you $100.00 for attaining this title!!  It will pay for the paperwork, plus give you an extra $80.00 for your time! 

GO NOW to the AKC website and download your application!!!  Lets flood AKC with our therapy poodles!

AKC THERAPY DOG APPLICATION