Today the dogs and I helped with some of the jobs the students have. One student delivers newspapers to different classrooms. Every time a paper was delivered the dogs would get a treat for helping out. We delivered some books to a classroom and invited to come in to give the class some dog hugs … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

This visit was so great! One girl hasn't wanted to have anything to do with the dogs since the beginning of school. Each week the teacher would ask if she wanted to work with the dogs and always the same answer is "No" This week was different, she was asked if she would like to … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

We have begun our 2017- 2018 visits at Kearsarge High School. May and Lucy were excited when they heard "We're going back to work". Their ears stood up and all attention was on me to get going. Then away we road. We have three students and probably more as the year progresses. Two new students … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

t was a long winter for May and Lucy, they hadn't work with the students since Christmas break. Four months without me telling them "Girls we're going to work today". Every time I say those words the girl's their ears perk up and they are heading for the door, waiting for the door to open … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

Today we had only 2 students, which really worked well! We were able to give each student more attention and each student had their own dog. Our walk was very broken up by stops and visits into different classrooms. Usually this set the dogs and the students back, but with only 2 students it was … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

There days that no one is in the mood. Our last visit to the Gateway Program had been before the Christmas break, which meant that 3 weeks had passed since our last visit. When May, Lucy and I arrived and entered the classroom, the girls were so excited. May gearing up for a great game … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

This year at the Gateway Program has enlarged with more students. I have tried to get in early for one student to play with the dogs before the other 5 students arrive. We all went outside to enjoy the lovely fall day. It's always more difficult to have the dogs outside, there is too many … Continue reading Kearsarge High School – The Gateway Program

I have noticed in the past visits with students who are walking Lucy, she will walk better with some students than others. So the past weeks I have been watching more closely. Watching the way the student hold the leash, how the student talks to her and the body language. All seem very important, I … Continue reading Kearsarge Gateway Program

Arrive at the High School at 7:45am, student is waiting for us at the door to let us in. Lucy and May do their regular sniffing around the room before we begin to play with the students. Today the room was somewhat busy with more staff and students moving about. It didn't seem to interfere … Continue reading Gateway

This week is Mid-Term finals which meant, we had double the time to play and work with the students in Gateway. A student, Dan is at the side door every Weds. morning at 7:45 wait for us to appear at the door to let us in. Lucy and May are always eager to get in … Continue reading Kearsarge High School, the Gateway Program