Call me therapist Mug
Haha, ya, I finally, finally brought Mug for the temperament test. And like what the in charge said, he pass with flying colours. No lah. Actually he was quite nervous when I brought him to IMH (yeah, it's a short test, and we did it at the lobby before the actual Pet Assisted Therapy start). It's pretty simple. First Mr C (the in charge) start to pat Mug. Then he gave Mug a sudden squeeze, rubbed him roughly, but not hurting him of course and clapped a few times loudly to see Mug's reaction. As for Mug's performance, well, he's actually quite used to "rough" handling from me. Hahahaha. He likes rough play anyway, but perhaps he was unfamiliar to Mr C so was a bit confused by Mr C's behaviour.
Then Mr C asked me to walk Mug towards him while he took his dog, a golden retriever, to walk around us. Mug usually is very friendly, but somehow he was afraid of the German Sheperd, but he was quite alright with the GR. Anyway, he passed the part with getting around other dogs. Then the last part was calling Mug back when he walked away. That was no problem too. Only thing was, as Mr C put it, he needed a little correction. That is, to come back and stay in front of me, then walk to my left and sit there. Mug would usually walk back and then walk away. Hee... Mr C said I spoiled him on that. Ha!
In the end, Mug passed the test, and he started work immediately after that. We went to the ward and a few residents actually were quite fond of him. Maybe because he is small in size (as in comparatively to the Sammoy, GS and GR)* Sammoy, if i didn't spell wrongly, is a kind of big white fluffy dog* And of course, Mug was there to do his tricks. However, he was very distracted today. Maybe too many people and too many dogs around, but he still made a few of them smile, not bad for the first time :)
Hee hee, yup, that more or less round up for his first time as a "therapist". Hohohoho... both owner and dog are in the same profession. Isn't it fun! Praise the Lord for giving me such as wonderful dog. So proud of Mug too. He is just wonderful.
Haha, ya, I finally, finally brought Mug for the temperament test. And like what the in charge said, he pass with flying colours. No lah. Actually he was quite nervous when I brought him to IMH (yeah, it's a short test, and we did it at the lobby before the actual Pet Assisted Therapy start). It's pretty simple. First Mr C (the in charge) start to pat Mug. Then he gave Mug a sudden squeeze, rubbed him roughly, but not hurting him of course and clapped a few times loudly to see Mug's reaction. As for Mug's performance, well, he's actually quite used to "rough" handling from me. Hahahaha. He likes rough play anyway, but perhaps he was unfamiliar to Mr C so was a bit confused by Mr C's behaviour.
Then Mr C asked me to walk Mug towards him while he took his dog, a golden retriever, to walk around us. Mug usually is very friendly, but somehow he was afraid of the German Sheperd, but he was quite alright with the GR. Anyway, he passed the part with getting around other dogs. Then the last part was calling Mug back when he walked away. That was no problem too. Only thing was, as Mr C put it, he needed a little correction. That is, to come back and stay in front of me, then walk to my left and sit there. Mug would usually walk back and then walk away. Hee... Mr C said I spoiled him on that. Ha!
In the end, Mug passed the test, and he started work immediately after that. We went to the ward and a few residents actually were quite fond of him. Maybe because he is small in size (as in comparatively to the Sammoy, GS and GR)* Sammoy, if i didn't spell wrongly, is a kind of big white fluffy dog* And of course, Mug was there to do his tricks. However, he was very distracted today. Maybe too many people and too many dogs around, but he still made a few of them smile, not bad for the first time :)
Hee hee, yup, that more or less round up for his first time as a "therapist". Hohohoho... both owner and dog are in the same profession. Isn't it fun! Praise the Lord for giving me such as wonderful dog. So proud of Mug too. He is just wonderful.
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