VOLUNTEER SUPPORT DOG TEAM
The Volunteer Support Dog Team provides comfort and support to individuals and families in crisis.
The Volunteer Support Dog Team consists of handlers and dogs registered with Delta Society, screened, and highly trained
to respond to appropriate emergency scenes to provide support to our TIP clients. The Team is used in hospitals, homes,
police stations, and on emergency scenes. They have proven to be an effective means of comfort to both young and old who
are facing a tragedy. Trained therapy dogs sense when an individual needs comfort. “Dogs will never say the wrong thing,
they won’t ask questions, they are nonjudgmental, and most of all, they offer unconditional love” from HOPE Animal
Assisted Crisis Response.
TIP is proud to be able to offer this service to the community due to a generous grant from the Jewish Community
Foundation of Greater Prescott.
For more information on the TIP Volunteer Support Dog Team program, please contact Sue Rutherford at 928-445-4655
or
Sue@TIPofAZ.org.
Yavapai county will soon use dogs to provide emotional support to victims.
Video By Channel 12 News
Channel 12 News Story
Therapy dogs to join volunteers in Trauma Intervention Program
By Heidi Dahms-Foster, Editorial Manager (Prescott Valley Tribune)
When the idea surfaced that trauma scenes in Yavapai County would be the perfect place for therapy dogs to work
their special magic, the Trauma Intervention Program didn't have far to go to find likely candidates.
It seems TIP volunteers are dog lovers, too, and they produced a plethora of pooches perfect for the job.
TIP volunteers respond throughout the county to fires, car accidents and other traumatic events...
Therapy dogs are uniquely suited to such events. They provide comfort to victims, especially children, who may not
talk to adults. They inject normalcy and warmth into abnormal environments.
To read the full article from the Prescott Valley Tribune, please follow the link:
http://www.pvtrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=50942