Calling all dog lovers! Sign up to our TeamDogs newsletter for your weekly dose of dog news, pictures and stories A dog named Otis has been made an official member of staff at a school’s counselling team to help students in need.
The three-year-old Cockapoo works every Tuesday at Altrincham College with students aged 11 to 18 to provide a “calming effect” during therapy sessions.
Otis’ owner, Jude Leng, 42, from Warrington, a therapeutic counsellor who runs Cheshire Animal Assisted Therapy, had him as a puppy three years ago with the intention of training him up to become a therapy dog to come to work with her.
She told TeamDogs : “I love animals and I was looking at ways to engage people in therapy in a more creative way. I did a lot of
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