{"id":865,"date":"2022-08-24T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/?page_id=865"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:13:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:13:36","slug":"therapy-dogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/therapy-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"865\" class=\"elementor elementor-865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d45923f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d45923f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e0d7c7\" data-id=\"6e0d7c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6de48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb6de48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Ben\u2019s Friends mission is to bring smiles and happiness and comfort to people that needed it. They are therapy dogs. They bring well being to people that may be shut-in (and don\u2019t get a lot of company.) They\u2019ve gone into special needs\u2019 classrooms and help students \u201cchill out\u201d, leveling them (bringing them as close to normalcy as possible.) Thirty years now with more and more lives touched&#8230;<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>To learn more about\u00a0Ben\u2019s Friends Therapy group, contact our director, Gail Meyers at <a href=\"mailto:daldog2@att.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">daldog2@att.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00249f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00249f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2acc3c\" data-id=\"a2acc3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db6375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0db6375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Active Ben's Friends Therapy Dogs<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1af44be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1af44be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99b5c03\" data-id=\"99b5c03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0004fba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0004fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Click the name of the dog to view their profile.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3973d37\" data-id=\"3973d37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27715a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27715a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tori-225x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-889\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tori-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tori.png 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebdc20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ebdc20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TORI-9.4.22.pdf\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><strong>Tori<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0477574\" data-id=\"0477574\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AuDee-9.4.22.pdf\"><strong>AuDee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26f4d6c\" data-id=\"26f4d6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc2e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9bc2e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giotto-168x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-883\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giotto-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Giotto.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f6a05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7f6a05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ltdtc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GIOTTO-9.4.22.pdf\"><strong>Giotto<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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are certified &#8220;animal therapy&#8221; teams with the majority registered with Pet Partners. Go to the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petpartners.org\/volunteer\/volunteer-with-pet-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Pet Partners website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to learn more about volunteering as a therapy team.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSION STATEMENT Ben\u2019s Friends mission is to bring smiles and happiness and comfort to people that needed it. They are therapy dogs. They bring well being to people that may be shut-in (and don\u2019t get a lot of company.) 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