{"id":59219,"date":"2019-09-06T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=59219"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:34","slug":"carleton-to-welcome-second-therapy-dogs-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-to-welcome-second-therapy-dogs-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton to Welcome Second Therapy Dogs Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton to Welcome Second Therapy Dogs Cohort\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University will welcome six new canines to the team as it launches the second year of its therapy dogs program. The thoroughly trained new recruits and their Carleton employee handlers will be welcomed into the program following their final evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to meet the therapy dogs and their handlers after the evaluation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at 11:30 a.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Tory Quad, Carleton University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: A campus map can be <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found online.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s therapy dogs program is a student support program and acts as a bridge to other services. Carleton therapy dogs greet students during weekly office hours and attend special events throughout the term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first year of Carleton\u2019s therapy dogs program, more than 1,700 students used the service. Students have reported that spending time with the therapy dogs has helped them cope with feelings of loneliness, stress and homesickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Flipboard account:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my<\/a><br>\n<strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University will welcome six new canines to the team as it launches the second year of its therapy dogs program. The thoroughly trained new recruits and their Carleton employee handlers will be welcomed into the program following their final evaluation. Media are invited to meet the therapy dogs and their handlers after the evaluation. 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