Therapy puppies

 

As a compliment to our Tamaruke  Therapy Dog Program - We are able to offer the services of  a Fully accredited Therapy and Assistance Dog trainerwho will be able to offer additional services for training dogs beyond the level of training we provide -

MEET SOME OF OUR THERAPY DOGS:

The requests for our Therapy Puppies/dogs grows daily.

We are so proud to be able to offer this Service and to be making such a significant difference to families who benefit so much from our dogs.

It is very rewarding to see what a positive impact these intuitive and loving dogs make to a person and their family.

 

 

TAMARUKE MADDY:

Our beautiful Maddy joined a School for Special Needs children in Singapore where she lives with her ever caring Owner Nicholas (School Principal) and has daily interaction with each child and every classroom of the school. Maddy is perfect for this as she is the most loving and intuitive girl.

 

 

 

 

TAMARUKE MAGGS

The wonderful Maggs lives in the US with his owner Adele.

After we prepared Maggs he was sent to Adele to complete more formal Medic Alert Training which he completed with flying colours.

Maggs is a fully accredited Medic Alert Dog and is Adels constant companion.

 

 

 

 

TAMARUKE MURPHY:

Murphy was trained and prepared by us here at Tamaruke and is now an Assistance Dog for a wonderful Family here in Australia.

After Murphy was prepared by us and delivered to his new owner he made a huge impact on their daily lives and continues to add a great deal of assistance on a daily basis.

 

 

 

BUZZ:

When we were asked to prepare this little guy for a young Boy - we suggested that XXXX might like to name him.

The Name he was given was "Captain Buzz Light Year.

He has since become affectionately know as "Buzz".

Buzz is very intuitive and has bonded perfectly with his young owner - making socialisation and integration much easier for XXXX.

 

 

 

 

 

TAMARUKE HENRY:

Henry lives currently in the US where is a constant companion for Martha.

Henry assists Martha daily by fetching items, opening doors and just being her constant companion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAMARUKE BOO

Boo is Jordy's Therapy dog and his constant companion. She is a calming influence in his life.

One of her skills is that if Jordy opens the door - boo will bark to alert his family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAMARUKE TAILS

Tails belongs to Jordan and his family. He has only just joined his family but already he has made an instant impact on Jordan:-

 

This was sent from his mum

 

 

 

CURRENTLY IN TRAINING for TAMAUKE

 

 

         

 

 

BAILEY                                       HARLEY                             HARRY                                     REX                             ROSSCO

 

 

 

THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR THERAPY DOGS - WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE DIFFERENCE WE ARE MAKING TO CHILDREN"S LIVES

 

If i ever had any doubt as to the Value of our Therapy Dogs - Emails such as this make it all worth the work:

I have replaced the name with XXX for "privacy"

 

TAILS:

Tails is our newest, and very special addition to our family. He has been trained by the wonderful Fudge as a Therapy Puppy for our son Jordan, who has high functioning autism. We also have a 9 year old boy, Dylan. I've read a lot about the benefits of a pet around kids with autism so was keen to get a dog, but knew that this dog would have to be "Jordan friendly" from day 1. I also knew that this would have to be a family dog first. And so I found Tamaruke Therapy Puppies. The perfect pet for our family.

A little background first. When I first applied for a puppy, Jordan had a chronic dog phobia. He loved my parents Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, but could not tolerate the presence of any other dog. At it's most extreme, Jordan once froze when he saw a Maltese terrier that must have been a good 2-300 metres away. It was speck on the other side of a reserve from where we were. We literally had to cross the road before he would calm down. We would have to take detours if it looked like we might cross paths with a dog, and his phobia became the undoing of many a walk to the shops.

With a lot of intense work with our child psychologist, occupational therapist and myself, we were eventually able to help Jordan become comfortable around dogs. Our happiest moment was Jordan cuddling and picking up his OT's Maltese and barely giving it breathing space. We could now prepare for Tails arrival.

And so yesterday, our boys spent their Friday at school while we travelled to Tamaruke to collect this much wanted pup. He joined us to pick the boys up from after school care, and was met by two very excited boys who smothered him with hugs.

Within the first 24 hours that we have had with him, a number of break throughs have happened with Jordan already. The first was with a simple walk around the block. Some more background....The last time we attempted this with Jordan was around a month ago. Jordan has a bug phobia that is proving a little trickier to get through than the dog phobia. On this day, a month ago, he was spotting bugs, bees and dreaded butterflies everywhere. I managed to convince him that they really were more interested in the flowers and trees than in him, and we continued. Two houses further, and a whip snake slithers across our path. We have lived in the Blue Mountains for 15 years now, and I have never seen a snake, until then. Needless to say the walk ended there. Jordan has a wonderful memory, especially around traumatic experiences (don't we all!). This would have made our next attempt at going for a walk full of negotiations and distractions to coax him through, so I hadn't even attempted until yesterday. None of this was necessary with Tails by his side. He was a new boy!!! I was stunned when he walked down the street without hesitation, and blown away when he started talking to the girls a few doors down, introducing Tails, and continuing a conversation. Absolutely unheard of with this little man. The instant confidence Jordan had was just amazing.

Our second major break through came with Jordan's soccer game this morning. Jordan is in an Under 6 team, and started playing in March. Before this morning, he had not played a full game, with something always happening at some point in the game that was overwhelming for him, and he would sit out the rest of the game. Sometimes after just 5 minutes playing time. Today, Tails came to watch, and for the first time Jordan was involved and played for the entire game! I was blown away once again.

We also managed to sit through an entire game of my husband's baseball this afternoon without incident. Again, unheard of. I haven't taken the boys to watch their dad play in around a year, out of self preservation, so it made this very significant. And after such a full and busy day, the usual witching hour was a non-event.

Any time today that Jordan has been a little upset, Tails has been there with puppy kisses to make him better, or I have found Jordan quietly stroking his beautifully soft coat.

I am so very very grateful to the wonderful work that has gone into training this wonderful dog, who is now firmly one of us. And I can't wait to see the special bonds grow between him and each of us.

 

 

Buzz

Buzz and XXXX are a very very strong team! XXX has done unbelievable well this year in all his programs! Buzz was the incentive for toilet training but he is sooooo much more to us than just a dog!

XXX has had to get a new bed as he had a bunk style bed before so that buzz can sleep at the end of his bed! They are a real team! I am not allowed to open the door when we get home as XXX has to see buzz first! And gradually i have noticed that buzz is happier to see XXX than he is to see me (as i was obviously his comfort zone before! he still looks to me for discipline but the fun one is XXXX!)

XXX couldn't even hold a pencil let alone draw this time last year but almost immediately i got pictures of buzz coming home from kindy! Buzz is someone who has given XXXX unconditional love (like me) but he see's him as a friend and at one stage he use to call him his brother which we have worked on correcting! XXXX will chat non stop to anyone about his doggy and has found his voice in buzzy!

Last thing at night we have to have our family hug and buzzy is a massive part of that! buzzy is the best thing that has happened to me in a long time! he got into the habit of stealing a train from XXXX to get his attention and this just broke XXXX out of his repetitive play!

XXXXX has taught him (by himself) to do a hi five but not just up high, but down low on the side and on the slide too! Buzz will also do a double high five to jump up! sooooo cute!

The most important thing is the development XXXX has made this year!

>BIG NEWS - XXXXX is going to mainstream school in 1 week! He is having an aid but this is something this time last year no one expected!

I went to see "special schools" with XXXX teachers in April and May last year!

All the teachers said wow he is a different child to March he has come along so far!

I feel buzz has really contributed to this!