Fairway's Raika v Nadelwlad HXCs, HSCs, HSAs, NAP has just been informed that she is now an AKC titled Therapy Dog (THD) Raika and her owner/handler Donna have provided the needed certification for 50 documented visits as a certified Therapy dog. Those 50 visits equal well over 100 hours of therapy work. Raika currently is booked up for her weekly READ WITH RAIKA sessions at the library through the end of the year. During her 3 hour sessions Raika is read to, hugged, kisses, and occasionally cried on by at least 6 kids. After years of dealing with rambunctious ewes and the challenges of veterans' hospitals and various rehab facility visits, Raika likes being able to catch a short nap or two while hearing the kids practice their reading.. Raika is sired by Fairway's In the Ruff Bodega OFA (littermate to BIS/BISS Ch Fairway's TeeTime Bodega) and out of Hermine v Nadelwald, (dam of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadewald ROM). If the parent club decides to accept this rather demanding title as one of the performance titles, Raika would join her sister Fairway's Teva v Nadelwald and her niece Fairway's Tory v Nadelwald as holders of the coverted PERFORMANCE AWARD OF MERIT title. Ruth www.fairwayshepherds.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================