[QUOTE]Originally posted by SheltieLover234:
[B]Angels3,

I`m think of putting my 4 month old Border Collie in Pet therapy where can I do that?

Hi, I notice you're in Florida, so you'd need to know something about the Pet Therapy scene in the United States (I'm from Australia). I've just found the forum topic that Genia started called Dog Who Heal (under Dog General). It's all about pet therapy & has some useful U.S. information in the many posts. So that would be a great place for you to start finding out where to get into pet therapy in your country.

Pet therapy in my country Australia is probably very much like that in the U.S. At our dog Angel's children hospital, they have 5 dogs of varying sizes...one for each day of the (working) week. 2 are german shepherds, 2 are small tibetan breeds & 1 is a medium-sized mixed-breed. The small dogs are good for small children & can snuggle up gently with very ill children. The 2 huge, gentle shepherds are good for the children who can walk & play...the kids tumble over them & the dogs love it.

So there are places for all sized dogs in pet therapy. I guess your border collie would eventually be a middle-sized dog. I hope you find how to get into this volunteer work with your dog. A border collie would be so quick & clever to learn, too.

Pet therapy is very rewarding & can be done in a variety of settings. For example, our Angel's litter sister is a full-time pet therapy dog in a nursing home for the aged.
Best wishes.