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TEACH and FARGO: Hospice Care Visits

TEACH and FARGO: Hospice Care Visits After our move to South Carolina a year ago, we started visiting hospice patients yesterday. Al and I are volunteering through Agape, a hospice care organization that covers many states throughout the South. We have been assigned ten wonderful 

Pet Therapy: Friday’s Topic on Coffee and Chat with Quan

Pet Therapy: Friday’s Topic on Coffee and Chat with Quan  It was my pleasure to be the guest speaker Friday morning for Coffee and Chat with Quan. Quan Brewington is the Community Liason for Caregiver Homes of western Massachusetts. The subject of my chat was 

Mondays with TEACH: Reading Buddy Time

Mondays with TEACH: Reading Buddy Time

We awoke Monday morning to find that it had snowed all night, resulting in school cancellations and delays across our entire area of western Massachusetts. I quickly texted the librarian at Westhampton Elementary School to see if Teach’s Reading Buddy time could be rescheduled for a different day this week. She had already been thinking…

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Mondays With TEACH: Off to the Airport

Mondays With TEACH: Off to the Airport After four weeks of therapy dog duty at home helping me recover from a back injury, Teach was glad we were heading out to work! All the signs were in place. Weekend – a bath and a trim. 

Teach: Therapy Dog On Duty at Home

Teach: Therapy Dog On Duty at Home At the start of the New Year, Teach and I were full of enthusiasm and energy. We were ready to set out as a Bright Spot Therapy Dog Team to the four different facilities we signed up to 

For the Love of All Things Dog

For the Love of All Things Dog

So reads the title of the American Kennel Club Website. There’s a wealth of information for all dog lovers, whether you’re a first time dog owner, or a lifer like me. You’ll find it all in one place on the American Kennel Club Website at akc.org I’m one of those people who goes into a…

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Bright Spot FUN DAY WITH DOGS Coming Soon

Bright Spot FUN DAY WITH DOGS Coming Soon Bright Spot Therapy Dogs is busy preparing for its 4th annual FUN DAY WITH DOGS at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Hadley, Massachusetts, taking place on Saturday, November 3rd. It’s a fun event for all. Our 

Bright Spot FUN DAY WITH DOGS Coming Soon

Bright Spot FUN DAY WITH DOGS Coming Soon

Bright Spot FUN DAY WITH DOGS Coming Soon Bright Spot Therapy Dogs is busy preparing for its 4th annual FUN DAY WITH DOGS at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Hadley, Massachusetts, taking place on Saturday, November 3rd. It’s a fun event for all. Our 

Tick Control: Praying Mantis Success

Tick Control: Praying Mantis Success

Finally! I have been cultivating Praying Mantises for the past three summers in an effort to control the abundant tick population on our property and guard against Lyme Disease. Back in 2016, when I learned that Praying Mantises thrive on eating ticks, I bought a Praying Mantis case. A single case yields approximately 400 babies….

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Tick Control: Praying Mantis Success

Tick Control: Praying Mantis Success

Tick Control: Praying Mantis Success Finally! I have been cultivating Praying Mantises for the past three summers in an effort to control the abundant tick population on our property and guard against Lyme Disease. Back in 2016, when I learned that Praying Mantises thrive on