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Welcome to the Lend A Paw Blog!
Where you can find up to date information about the program, current LAP teams and LAP therapy dogs candidates, scheduled visits, and much more.
Lend A Paw is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals experiencing physical, mental, emotional or life challenges by providing therapy dogs to offer warmth, compassion, unconditional love and a healing environment. The program is designed to rescue dogs from the shelter and train them to be therapy dogs. Individuals are also invited to join our LAP team with their own dogs provided the dogs have the required obedience and temperament for therapy work.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

A Lunchtime Visit

          Last Wednesday, June 8th, I had the pleasure of accompanying three Lend A Paw therapy teams to New Horizons in North Hills, CA. This was a lunchtime visit and everyone was so happy to see the dogs! Ash and Lisa are regulars at New Horizons, since Lisa is the leader for this site. Jim and Daisy also visit the center on a regular basis. And this was Liz and Cooper's first time visiting New Horizons; Cooper was a very popular dog! 
 Daisy is the perfect size to visit with clients in a wheelchair.
          New Horizons is a school and workplace for adults with developmental disabilities. Some of the clients like to talk about their own pets while others enjoy asking questions about the Lend A Paw dogs. But everyone enjoys visiting with the dogs and getting their pictures taken. Lisa has been taking photos of the clients with Ash and gives prints to the clients on her next visit. Most of them get so excited to see themselves in the pictures and to show everyone!
Ash, being "cool" with one of the clients!
          The hour went by very fast and pretty soon, everyone had to return to their classroom or go back to work. And after all the goodbyes, it was time for our Lend A Paw teams to get a well deserved break!

This was Liz and Cooper's first visit and they were very popular!


To see more photos from this wonderful visit, 
click on the following link: New Horizons 6-8-2011

Story and Photography by Nathalie Seguin

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Weekly Scheduled Visits - Week of June 13th

There are two Lend A Paw visits scheduled for this week:


Wednesday, June 15th @ 10:30 AM:
Bubbe and Zayde's Place
3317 Oakhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034

This is our monthly visit to this 5 resident nursing home. We need one or two Therapy Teams to spread the love to these lonely people. 
Wednesday, June 15th @ 1:30 PM:
New Horizons - Classroom Visit
North Hills, CA

This is our second visit of the month to this school and workplace for developmentally challenged adults. We stop a few minutes inside each classroom in order to give the hard working students a break. Because we are visiting smaller groups we only need up to 3 Therapy Teams to carry out this visit.
Please join Ash and Lisa!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Weekly Scheduled Visits - Week of June 6th

There are three scheduled Lend A Paw visits for this week:


Wednesday, June 9th @12:00 PM:
New Horizons - Lunchtime Visit
15725 Parthenia Street
North Hills, CA

This is our first visit of the month to this school and workplace for developmentally challenged adults. With the wonder of children these loving individuals look forward to hugs and kisses from their furry friends. We need at least 4 therapy teams to carry out this visit. Please join Ash and Lisa.

Saturday, June 11th @ 10:00 AM:
Jewish Home for the Aging / Eisenberg Village
18855 Victory Blvd.,
Reseda, CA


Please note our NEW TIME...With high demand, we really need to expand our visit to the Jewish Home / Eisenberg Village facility...Please join Bailer and myself for the entire visit or as much time as you can help. Please start your visit at 10AM and stay as long as you can. We all meet at the parking lot benches promptly at 10 am.
If anyone has any questions, please call me on my cell at (818) 458-3822. Andy & Bailer…..woof woof……
Sunday, June 12th @ 10:30 AM:
Granada Hills, CA

This is a wonderful assisted living and nursing facility whose fun loving residents can't wait to hug and kiss their furry friends. We can take 4 Therapy Teams to this site.
*This site is still in need of a Lead Volunteer in order to continue scheduling visits. Please contact Sharon if you can help!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Weekly Scheduled Visits - Week of May 29th

There are two scheduled Lend A Paw visits for this week:

Tuesday, May 31st @ 1:00 PM:
Taper Building
Reseda, CA

Please join Gayle and Wickett for this visit. The residents of this nursing home are looking forward to seeing their furry friends! We will meet a few minutes early at the large patio.

Wednesday, June 1st @ 10:30 AM:
Monterey Park, CA

Imagine spending a day at the courthouse waiting to speak with judges and attorneys about your life. Now that's stress!! Please come with Lexee and Chellee to add a little comic relief for good kids ranging in age from 5 to 17 years old. It'll put a smile on their faces and yours too. Need 6 Therapy Teams maximum for this visit. Be sure to bring your $5 parking ticket inside with you so they can validate it.