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Introducing new and exciting e-course for dog lovers!

What Does This E-course Include?

Basic dog psychology

How dogs think

How to get your dog’s full focus

How to improve communication with your 4-legged darling

How to train your darling using reward based methods

What Does The E-course Involve?

The e-course involves discussions, games and other fun and effective methods to help you to understand your lovable, 4-legged friend much better. You will learn how to enrich both of your lives through improved communication skills and using training methods that your dog would prefer you to use.

Fee:               $95.00 for one person or $180.00 for two people

Duration:        8 hours

Location:        Taken on your computer in the comfort of your own home

Payment details:

Please transfer the full e-course fee to:

Account name: Velma Violet Harris

Bank: Community First

Account: 100178631

BSB: 802 038

Please include your name in the reference so we can link your payment to you.

Practical workshops available in Sydney and the Central Coast. Contact us for dates and locations.

For full details email: petcourses@yahoo.com or phone 0432 578 210

Julie receiving the completed Course Certificate from Velma.

We now offer a Pets As Therapy Correspondence Training Course which includes every thing a person should know BEFORE taking a pet on a pets as therapy visit.

The priority is on health and safety issues for you, your pet and the frail and challenged people you visit. It includes a training program showing you how to safely approach and interact with adults or children with your pet; an easy to follow, training program for you to train your dog in your own home to the required obedience level and how to commence volunteer work in your local area. Our course students come from all around Australia and overseas. The course fee is from $379.50. For full details, please e-mail velma@velmaspetsastherapy.com.au
or phone (02) 9418 4343.

We recently checked out the user details to our web site to find that on average we receive between 4629 visits per month. It is wonderful to know that pets as therapy and the benefits of pets is becoming a keen interest to many. I know our program and service will do its best to fulfill that need.

Facility:

Residential Aged Care

Date of visit:                                               

13 August 2009

VPAT visitor:                      

Sandra Jensen

VPAT pet visitor:               

Ayla

Species/breed:

Labrador

VPAT visitor’s comments:

Some of the benefits offered to client’s from today’s visit were memory recall, communication, physical movement, and emotional interaction. These were displayed in M and J’s interaction with Ayla.  M was in bed and when asked if she would like to see Ayla she was so excited she attempted to climb out of bed by herself. As M patted Ayla she chatted about her memories of her precious dog that had died several years earlier. M was very spiritual and felt very strongly about the special bond that dogs have with humans and she seemed especially pleased to be able to talk about this with someone she obviously thought would understand her.  M smiled and laughed at Ayla’s tricks and really enjoyed giving her a treat.  J was also extremely excited to see Ayla.  She patter her with lots of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’ she was almost beside herself with emotion and joy.  There was a staff member with J during our visit and as we left the room J was enthusiastically telling her about how wonderful Ayla was and how she loved her visit.  It was very rewarding for me to se how much joy, fun, laughter and love Ayla brings to the residents and staff who also love to give her a pat and say ‘hello’.

Our program has been featured on:

The national television news program ‘Today Tonight’, channel 7
Television program channel ten’s weather with Tim Bailey
The national newspaper The Sunday Telegraph
The Sydney Observer newspaper
Sydney Weekly newspaper
Sydney Central newspaper
Southern Courier newspaper
‘Take 5′ magazine
The Central Coast Express newspaper
New Idea magazine
Sydney radio station 2UE
Local radio station 2HHH FM
Two Adelaide radio stations
A Victorian radio station
A Brisbane radio station
Animal Hospital television program channel 9 – twice
Burkes Backyard magazine
The Big Arvo television program channel 7
Digital Snap Foxtel TV
ABC Radio Central Coast
2RRR Sydney radio
Dogs and Cats – Japanese animal TV program
Womans Day Magazine
Real Living Magazine
Cats and Dogs

50 Plus Monthly NSW Publication

Our fun, rewarding and beneficial ‘pets as therapy’ programs are becoming famous!! This is all due to the fantastic efforts of our highly efficient and well connected Promotions person Christine Stani. Christine discovered our program on the Internet and offered her expertise for free as she believes in our program and the great many benefits of pets. A BIG thank you to Christine. Christine can be contacted on phone: 02 9644 9988 or e-mail: Bailee@hotkey.net.au

Tim Bailey is a weather presenter on a TV news show. He presents the weather from various locations. When he found out about our ‘rat racing’ pets as therapy program he said, “I have to see that!”. So, along with the TV film crew, he visited a nursing home where we were rats racing to a group of residents and it was filmed live. Every one had a great time and lots of laughs all round.

Tim Bailey with Velma and in the balls are Lulu and Misty Blue (rats)

We need some kind, community spirited individuals or groups to sponsor a nursing home, hospital or other type of health care facility, enabling frail and challenged adults and children, to receive pets as therapy visits.

We are a not for profit organisation. To help meet our expenses we ask facilities for a $60.50 donation per visit. Most facilities have a budget to cover this fee but some facilities have not. We are seeking kind sponsors to help our program go to places where it is needed, by donating:

Sponsorship:

$302.50 for 5 pets as therapy visits

$605.00 for 10 pets as therapy visits

$1,210.00 for 20 pets as therapy visits

$1,815.00 for 30 pets as therapy visits

$2,420.00 for 40 pets as therapy visits

$3,025.00 for 50 pets as therapy visits

Please make cheques payable to: ‘Velma’s Pets As Therapy Inc., Assoc’ and send to: PO Box 716, West Ryde, NSW 1685.

Thank you very much for considering helping us.

* Regular photos of the volunteer and pet interacting with challenged residents – which can be placed on a notice board in your reception area, or on your web site, if you are a business or group.
*Inclusion on our sponsors list on our popular web site – we average 4629 hits per month.
*Inclusion on our sponsor’s poster at our stall at pet shows and Expos.
*As well as offering a significant contribution of a little happiness and joy into the lives of frail, challenged and/or isolated adults and children.

Please make cheques payable to: ‘Velma’s Pets As Therapy’. For further details, please contact Velma e-mail: velma@velmaspetsastherapy.com.au or phone (02) 9418 4343.