Scottie Tuli and Therapy Dog Friends

12/24/2024

Scottie therapy dog Tuli and I had a lovely visit today with our friends at The Palms at Sebring. It was very festively decorated. We were so happy to spend time with Tuli’s biggest fan- Miss Susie- and with new friends, too. Tuli also enjoyed the elevator ride up the tower to visit some of those friends in their apartments.

12/24/2024

12/10/2024

Pictures from our visit yesterday with The Manor at Lake Jackson. It was such fun to have two therapy dog teams ... we always enjoy the company of fellow ATD therapy dog team Ralph and golden doodle Harley!

12/10/2024

What a fun day we had yesterday visiting our friends at The Manor at Lake Jackson with fellow ATD therapy dog team Ralph and golden doodle Harley!

12/06/2024

Scottie therapy dog Tuli and I participated last evening in the annual Lights of Remembrance ceremony at Good Shepherd Hospice, greeting visitors and providing quiet comfort. This lovely event included a candle ceremony to remember and acknowledge loved ones who have passed and a holiday tree lighting. We were honored to have attended.

11/07/2024

What an exciting therapy dog visit we had today to The Palms at Sebring! We visited old friends- and made many new friends- including two dogs. (One little white poodle, Cade, lives there and we've met before. The other was a handsome French Bulldog just visiting. He was in a stroller, too, because he had short legs. ) We first stopped at Memory Care, then visited a new couple in their apartment. They really liked my visit, and Mama gave them one of my stuffies, too. Then we stopped by in a place Mama called "physical therapy". I was a hit, for sure! Everyone wanted to pet me and to see me model my kilt. We met a former Scottie mama there; she was so happy to see me and told us all about her Scottie babies McAngus and Bonnie. Mama said we will go back and visit her in her room soon. And- can you believe it- there were birds! Yes, birds inside the building! They were in a special room of their own (Mama said it was a "flight cage"). I could hear them chirping and wouldn't leave until Mama let me see them. What a nice visit today- so much joy and so many smiles passed around.

10/30/2024

Mom and I had so much fun today visiting our friends at The Manor (memory care center). We were in the spirit of Halloween. I didn’t know what that is but Mom said I could wear a fun costume and give our friends candy treats. I was all in!! My visiting stroller was all decorated (it even had lights!) and I wore the cutest butterfly wings. My new friend Teddy (he’s learning to be a therapy dog) visited with us. Everyone had so much fun! Enjoy some pictures from our visit. We spread joy and MANY smiles today! ❤️

10/26/2024

Yesterday Mom and I visited Hospice, and then The Manor. We saw many old friends and made new friends, too! Look at the lovely smile on the face of Ms. D- she always wants me to sit with her and gives great pats. I also helped train a new wanna-be therapy dog today. Mom asked me to "show him the ropes" and demo how a great therapy dog behaves. I did! His name is Teddy. He's just a little guy- a two year old apricot color miniature poodle. He's very soft and cuddly, small (only 8 pounds) and such a good boy. We're both going to visit The Manor again next week with a Halloween surprise!

10/18/2024

My pet therapy partner, Scottie Tuli, and I had a heartwarming... and challenging... visit to our local inpatient Hospice House this morning. The patient count was considerably higher than is typical there and, while many of our patients were not alert, we had the joy to interact and try to comfort numerous visitors to those patients. Tuli was, as always, a sweet recipient of the many pets and positive comments they made. Seeing fleeting smiles on the faces of these visitors who were dealing with great stress was so wonderful. And, we spent a lot of time this morning with E., a lovely very senior lady at Hospice for short term respite care. Her face lit up when we came into her room as she immediately recognized Tuli from our prior visit (under similar circumstances) several weeks ago and couldn't contain her excitement being able to talk to and pet her. I was deeply touched when she opened up a small bag of belongings she'd brought with her from home to show me the Scottie stuffie she had selected as her own on our last visit... and told me how much she loved it! We did good work today!

10/16/2024

We are proud to celebrate our CH Anstamm Tulip Takes a Bow CGC THDN THD TKN (pending) being the recipient of the 2024 Dromore West Therapy Dog Award at the recent Scottish Terrier Club of America annual banquet in Pennsylvania! It is so rewarding to have the therapy dog work of this special girl recognized. Thank you Kathleen Dunleavy for sponsoring this annual award for Scotties who have earned dual titles (conformation championship and a therapy dog title) in honor of her Nicole- CH Kriscot's Touched by an Angel THDN. We are so grateful.

09/16/2024

Getting to know you... Sometimes when we meet new friends we are both a little uncertain. I made this new friend today. I was checking her out, and she was checking me out. All it took was about 3 seconds, then I was snuggled up in front of her getting pets! It was such fun!