Category Archives: Pet Therapy Work

New Therapy visits…and NZ MAF Detector Dogs

Posted on May 30, 2009 by bighoneydog

You might be wondering why I haven’t talked about my Therapy work for a while…well, we stopped doing visits at the end of last year when my humans thought we were doing the “moving overseas” thing…and then with Hsin-Yi’s father getting very … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, General Dog Information, Life in Auckland, Pet Therapy Work | Tagged abuse, active, beagle, biosecurity, blog, care, children, detector dog, dog, drive, drugs, food, great dane, illegal, maf, Ministry of Agricultre and Forestry, new zealand, outreach therapy pets, passive, Pet Therapy Work, plants, protection, sniffer dog, therapy dog, therapy visit, training | 30 Comments

Blessing of the Animals

Posted on October 5, 2008 by bighoneydog

Today is the “Blessing of the Animals” - this is one of the things that humans in Auckland are doing to celebrate World Animal Week: they can take their pets to the St Matthews-in-the-City Church to have them “blessed”, which means that they wish good … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog-Friendly Places (NZ), Fun outings & activities..., Life in Auckland, Pet Therapy Work, Socialisation | Tagged auckland, blessing of animals, dog-friendly, great dane, honey, outreach therapy pets, st matthews-in-the-city church, world animal week | 4 Comments