tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984103725577283932.post8519035053518209634..comments2023-08-20T04:08:46.303-05:00Comments on It's About Time Mamaw: Toby, the Pet Therapy Dog, Says Be a Buddy, Not a Bully, written by Charmaine Hammond, illustrated by Rose Anne PrevecPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984103725577283932.post-37631313175113114522014-03-21T21:52:32.782-05:002014-03-21T21:52:32.782-05:00Thanks for your comment and for visiting my blog. ...Thanks for your comment and for visiting my blog. I forgot to check my comments that were waiting for meration. I love comments and appreciate your insightful views. Hope you will visit often. I wish our chocolate lab was calmer so he could spend more time with my husband whom is on Hospice Care. The Vetenarian's advice is to have our dog neutered which might help the dog to calm down. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984103725577283932.post-9499424502633386372014-03-08T11:09:53.487-06:002014-03-08T11:09:53.487-06:00I was excited to see this book about Toby the pet ...I was excited to see this book about Toby the pet therapy dog. I am a therapy dog as well and that job is so important to me. I'm always on the lookout for books about therapy dogs (more acceptably called animal assisted therapy or AAT dogs) and service dogs and guide dogs. Toby's books look pretty cute and tell some important stories, but I must object to his designation as a service dog. Therapy dogs are NOT service dogs and there is a BIG distinction. Service dogs are trained to perform tasks for their handler who has some kind of disability that prevents them from functioning well in public. A service dog has access rights via the ADA - because their handler NEEDS their assistance. A therapy dog does nothing in particular for their handler and has NO access rights via the ADA. The Therapy dog is allowed to go places that they are invited into, accompanied by their handler, to cheer people up or help in some form of therapy or to read with kids. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com