Lance and Bernese Mountain Dog Matilda visit at the UW dorms, the VA Hospital, and more. They are prominent in at the Meadowridge Library for the Read With Me program.
When Kay’s Golden Retriever, Daisy, retired from the dog show life, she came all the way from a breeder in Canada to settle in Wisconsin. Daisy is a busy girl, joining Kay on visits to Meriter, UW Hospital, the VA Hospital, UW dorms, the Ronald McDonald House, Camp Pawprint, Safety Town, and various community events. …
Mary and Jeff live in Deerfield with Sully, a five-year-old Chinese Crested Powder Puff, and Bella, a six-year-old English Bulldog crossed with an Olde English Bulldogge. They share their home with six other dogs, two rabbits, one rat, one hedgehog, two parakeets, four hens, one rooster, two goats, and “an assortment of reptiles.” Jeff, Mary, Bella, …
Barbara discovered her Pet Partner, Murray, a seven-year-old Black Lab/Hound mix, at the Dane County Humane Society in 2009. Murray and Barbara have a busy schedule, visiting at UW Hospital, UW dorms and libraries, and MTILP, a day center for physically and cognitively disabled adults.
Karen has two Pet Partners. Shaka (pictured alone), a ten-year-old Akita mix, is a rescue from North Carolina. Zombie, a nine-year-old Dutch Shepherd, was from a breeder and “too nice to be a police dog.” Both dogs are familiar sights at many DOC activities, including dog safety events, UW dorm visits, visits to Meriter, the …
Dana needed the help of her young sons when picking out their Golden Retriever. The breeder had two dogs with litters two days apart – 21 dogs to pick from! That was over 11 years ago, when Ozzie joined their family. Dana and Ozzie cover most age groups in their visit schedule, going to UW …
Sue took the runt of the litter, whom no one wanted. That was lucky for all of us, as Chocolate Lab Molly, now 12 years old, has made so many people happy during visits at the Meriter Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, the VA Hospital’s psychiatry inpatient unit, UW dorms,numerous R.E.A.D. sessions, and many meet-and-greets …
Visits by Dogs On Call, Inc. teams to UW-Madison dorms are back in full swing! This popular program brings registered therapy teams to the dorms to visit with students who may be missing pets at home, or who may just be in need of a little furry friendship. Pictured here are Kooper (Sheltie) and Oliver …
Long-time Dogs On Call members are used to seeing Lance accompanied by a Bernese Mountain Dog. Lance and his previous Pet Partner, Baloo, visited for many years; his new Pet Partner is 2-1/2-year-old Matilda. Lance describes Matilda as a very active young girl who runs constantly and fetches tennis balls like a Lab. She loves the …
Sharon’s TY My name is TY and I am not shy. I am a 3 year old Cockapoo. I love meeting people and going places. Mom and I get to do lots of both with DOC. I have a 2 year old baby sister named Daisy. She is a Teddy Bear. I passed my Pet Partner test …
Dogs in the Dorms is a fast-growing program that sets up visits to UW students in the dorms to provide stress relief. The program coordinators for four of the dorms have contacted us about setting up a dog/student event. We currently have events planned at Bradley and Frederick Halls, and have 2011 events planned for …