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Several times a year we visit with the employees at Caesars and today was the best time. We are the guests of AVID (Awareness of Visible and Invisible Disabilities) and this team puts together the best event. Everyone is invited and hundreds of employees came by to meet the therapy dogs. A few they knew from other visits but they met Buddy for the first time. The AVID team coordinates the most enjoyable gathering. The room is perfect, the guests warm and inviting and our dogs

If you noticed Buddy has been doing a lot more work lately. He told me he is ready to take on some of Charlie’s assignments so Charlie can rest a bit more. Charlie will continue to attend those events and assignments that especially love and request this little dog. But Buddy has surpassed every expectation of what he can do. He is enjoying not only his usual visits with kids but the larger events as well. As long as he can get lots of belly rubs he’s in! This is how I trans

We partner with the Clark County District Libraries and my assigned library is Spring Valley. I bring one of my dogs and invite others to join us. But last night it was just Buddy. No one else was available so he put on his big dog persona and went himself. And it happened to be our largest attendance ever! This title dog was there for many more kids than usual and he just loved it. I brought one of Benny’s old puzzle games and they helped me teach Buddy how to find the treat

Several times a year we visit with the employees at Caesars and today was the best time. We are the guests of AVID (Awareness of Visible and Invisible Disabilities) and this team puts together the best event. Everyone is invited and hundreds of employees came by to meet the therapy dogs. A few they knew from other visits but they met Buddy for the first time. The AVID team coordinates the most enjoyable gathering. The room is perfect, the guests warm and inviting and our dogs

We had three successful renewal evaluations today. Let’s congratulate Shara and Grady, Tali and Luci and Kelly and Mildred on their commitment to Pet Partners and the power of the human-animal bond. You all contribute so much to our community and we are thrilled you wish to continue volunteering with Pet Partners of Las Vegas.

We spent time with the staff at the Federal Courthouse and it was a superb visit. Many of the guests knew us from previous events but so many new people came by/. They had heard about us and took a moment in their very busy day to swing by. We brought Barbara and Albert, Bob and Dexter, Rosie and Birdie, Gretch and Whoopi, Clarke and Tallulah and Charlie came along too. We had to go through tight security and of course the pin the library made for Charlie buzzed it off! Oh

There are no greater visits than with students and the UNLV School of Dental Medicine is the best gathering. We had Whoopi today who they know and love. And they met Buddy and Maisy for the first time. It was super hot and even though we park very close to the entrance, it was difficult for Buddy. Whoopi and Maisy wear their shoes but Buddy won’t keep them on so I have to carry him. I( think he does this so I will carry him! Thank you for such a fun day and we look forward to

When we visit Southern Hills Hospital for our group events we are in the main hospital. But every week I also go on personal visits in the Pavilion Behavioral Health Hospital and wanted to introduce some the dogs there. The staff in the Pavilion don’t get the opportunity to come over when we are in the main building. So today three therapy dogs made their way through the Pavilion and it was great. Maisy, Xoco and Charlie visited all the units and everyone was so excited to se

Sometimes you just now when certain dogs should work together. Daisy and Buddy are the perfect duo at the Spring Valley Library. Yes it is fun to have one larger dog and one smaller therapy dog on hand. But look they both are lap dogs! Maisy is such a popular girl and Buddy is the perfect gentlemen, never jealous of the attention she gets!

We partner with the Clark County District Libraries and have teams across the valley. Centennial Hills Library is fortunate to have Dexter as their therapy dog in the Teen Zone. Today we were invited to make a video for their social media showcasing what the teens can do when they have the therapy dogs there. So Charlie was also asked to join in and he loved it. Charlie showed how he helps with the computer and Dexter was the best listener when kids were reading. Thank you to

We had the pleasure of spending time at Opportunity Village’s Clubhouse today and we met so many wonderful new people. The Clubhouse is a day program for Opportunity Village clients from aged 18-70 and we brought four Pet Partners therapy dogs to enjoy the visit. Whoopi loved showing everyone her amazing tricks and her shoes that match our bandana. Birdie wanted everyone to rub her belly all the time. Dexter wanted belly rubs too and there’s a lot of him to pet at once! It s

We had the pleasure of joining Raise the Future for their summer family camp day and it was the best visit ever. We will definitely be partnering with this amazing program again. They provide services for the foster and adoptive families in Las Vegas and the kids were so happy to meet four therapy pets. We had Bodhi, Pancake, Big Boy and Charlie and everyone was thrilled with these particular pets. Some of the kids we were told were afraid of dogs but after meeting our three,

Zoar is such a gentle dog. He visits with a teen treatment center and they always look forward to his visits. The kids always ask me if I know Zoar as they don’t realize we work together and I have them tell me all about him. Thank you to Mary and Zoar for making time for such important visits.

We love our partnership with the Veterans Association … we were invited to join their Employee Health and Wellness Fair and were there to greet everyone as they completed the 2K Walk. Four therapy dogs and one cat hung out in the Education Center lobby and people started coming from everywhere to take a break and meet them. Many already knew Birdie and Big Boy and Charlie. And they wanted to tell their colleagues all about these pets. Then they were so excited to meet Maisy a

While we have conferences and conventions, our regular assignments still continue. We had three dogs at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and it was a fabulous visit. We returned to hosting our visits in the main entrance area ad so any students found us there. This was Maisy’s first time there and she was just amazing. She does think she is a lap dog at 60+ pounds but no one minded her in their laps! Buddy and Dexter were very happy to have a bit more space.

We enjoy our student visits at Nevada State University so much. We had four dogs gather to de-stress the students in preparation for their finals. Man of the students knew Charlie, Daisy and Chewie and they loved seeing them again. But they were especially happy to meet a new team member Tallulah. Thank you for partnering with Pet Partners of Las Vegas since 2013.

Kristy and Pixie passed their third Pet Partners renewal evaluation with flying colors at the Complex level. This team is so steady and gentle and on point. They are favorites wherever they volunteer and such a great example of teamwork at both ends of the leash. Here’s to another two years with Pet Partners of Las Vegas.

Buddy is an outstanding therapy dog and is comfortable in all types of environments and with all populations. But he especially shines when working with teenagers. Today we were at one of the treatment centers we visit and Buddy was just so happy. We see two unity back to back with a brief break in between. The first group is split into two sessions and we had girls and boys today. Some of the kids knew Buddy and some were new to us. Those who knew him shared things about h

We are very proud that Clark County also is proclaiming April 30 as National Therapy Animal Day. Thank you Kristy and Pixie for being such outstanding representatives of Pet Partners.

April 30 is National Therapy Animal Day and we are pleased to once again have the day proclaimed such by the City of Henderson. Thank you to Kristy and Pixie for coordinating this special effort. We expect to have our other communities recognize the day and our commitment and service as well so we will share those proclamations as we get them.