Main >> Family & Home >> Pet Profiles

 
Luminary Labradors
LUMINARY LABRADORS
WHAT IS MAN WITHOUT THE BEASTS?  
IF ALL THE BEASTS WERE GONE, MEN
WOULD DIE OF A GREAT LONELINESS
OF SPIRIT.  FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS
TO THE BEASTS SOON HAPPENS TO THE MAN.  ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED.
                                           ---CHIEF SEATTLE
                BIANCA & CLAIRE

                DELTA PET PARTNERS
                                  &
          NATIONAL CAPITAL THERAPY
                             DOGS

       EXTRORDINAIRE                                              
PLAY TIME ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
    THANKS AGAIN !!!
                                  LINDA AND SHARI
THE FIRST MAY HAVE BEEN LUCK, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS OBVIOUS.
                       YOUR SKILLS AS TRAINERS SHONE THROUGH!
  
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED...THE RESPONSE WAS WONDERFUL.
WE CELEBRATED OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVING THE AREA WITH AAA AND AAT WITH LUNCH, CAKE AND CHAMPAGNE (ACTUALLY SPARKLING APPLE CIDER BUT WHO NOTICED).  
WE ENJOYED NEW TRAINING TECHNIQUES, RELAYS AND PRIZES...AND OF COURSE EVERYONE WON!
CLAIRE AND BIANCA
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF AN AMAZING PAIR OF MOTHER-DAUGHTER LABRADOR  RETREIVERS WHO EARN THEIR KEEP BY HELPING OTHERS.
ALTHOUGH THEY ONLY WORK ON A PART-TIME BASIS, THESE TWO GENTLE LABS ARE BATHED, BRUSHED AND DRESSED FOR WORK WITH HAPPY HEARTS, WAGGING TAILS AND EAGER STEPS. THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR "PEOPLE" BART AND MARLENE TRUESDELL WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN NATIONAL CAPITAL THERAPY DOGS AND THE DELTA SOCIETY AS PET PARTNERS.  MARLENE, A DENTAL HYGIENIST, IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL THERAPY DOGS, A PET PARTNER EVALUATOR AND A SERVICE ACCESS SPECIALIST. BART, RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE TIME FOR VISITS.
WHERE DO THEY GO???
THEIR JOBS INVOLVE A RATHER LONG COMMUTE BY CAR...INTO BALTIMORE TO THE JOHN'S HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER AND TO BETHESDA TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER... BOTH MEDICAL FACILITIES.

WHAT DO THEY DO???
HERE THESE WONDERFUL THERAPY DOGS TRAVERSE THE LONG CORRIDORS TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN OF SICK CHILDREN, ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES... FROM AROUND THE NATION AND SOMETIMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD... BY HELPING TO HEAL THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE.
NCTD...WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA?
OUR NEW WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING!    THANK YOU         TO OUR AMAZING WEBMASTER      MARK COHEN
          VISIT US AT   HTTP://WWW.NCTDINC.ORG
CONGRATULATIONS!!!   TO  WILLOW
AND LINDA SOLANO FOR THE AKC ACE AWARD IN THERAPY
        WE HAVE MANY DATES COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
                                FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE NCTD WEB SITE
INVITATION TO EXCELLENCE- WE HAVE BEEN INVITED BY DELTA SOCIETY TO DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM FOR OFF-LEAD WORK.  WATCH OUR WEB SITE FOR DETAILS!!!
"I shall pass this way but once;  any
good, therefore, that I can do or any
kindness that I can show to any being,
let me do it now. Let me not defer or
neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
                                     Author Unkown

 

page created with Easy Designer