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1. New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Correcting Course

   Entry #159

   29 Apr 2014

   11:35 am

   Patty Dobbs Gross

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   "''CCI's Madison and Danny''" I have always learned more from my failures than my success, and this column is meant to show a bit of what we have learned from the failures we've endured in the past fifteen years of our incorporation as North Star...

2. Healing with the Human-Animal Bond: An Interview with Kate Nicoll

   Entry #158

   21 Apr 2014

   1:04 pm

   Angel Tobey

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   With over 20 years of clinical experience, Kate Nicoll is more than familiar working with individuals coping with trauma, grief, or illness. Nicoll, founder of Soul Friends: Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs of Connecticut, earned her MSW from Smith College and her BSW from Elms College. She also...

3. Reaching Out to an Elderly Population – Meet Ione Rojas of Furry Tales

   Entry #157

   09 Apr 2014

   1:20 pm

   Eric Thompson

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   Telling Her Story to Write a Greater Story When Ms. Ione Rojas’ grandfather was diagnosed with dementia, he was fortunate in that he had his whole family to support him throughout the ordeal. Many in the elderly population in East London are not fortunate to have family there to support...

4. Before You Rescue

   Entry #156

   19 Mar 2014

   7:49 am

   Myrna Milani

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   Before You Rescue Because of the increasing number of rescue animals in the general companion animal population, I decided to put together a list of pre-rescue questions for those considering rescuing an animal to ask themselves. These are based on after-the-fact comments made by self-defined...

5. New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy for Children: Rethinking Puppy Raising

   Entry #155

   14 Mar 2014

   10:12 am

   Patty Dobbs Gross

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   ''North Star’s Mia and Savannah'' I first met Savannah many years ago, when she came to my home to pick up her first North Star pup for the raising; her grandmother had called me that very morning to inform me that I had kept Savannah on my waiting list to raise a North Star golden for far too...

6. New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy for Children: Finding our Lost Girls

   Entry #154

   14 Mar 2014

   10:11 am

   Patty Dobbs Gross

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   Mary and North Star Esmee There is a child I find myself serving at North Star that I want to profile in this column, someone I never expected to be working with in a primary way; after a decade of finding them among the sisters of the children with autism that I partner with North Star...

7. Promoting Health and Wellness with the Human-Animal Bond: An Interview with Dr. Sven-G Hultman

   Entry #143

   03 Mar 2014

   11:44 am

   Angel Tobey

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   Hailing all the way from Sweden, Dr. Sven-G Hultman was kind enough to grant me an interview about his work with the human-animal bond and his organization, the Swedish Caredog School. How it Started Hultman has always had a connection to nature. He received his Ph.D. in Forest...

8. You Can Tell When There’s Something Special About Them: Meet Chuck and Rikki

   Entry #139

   10 Feb 2014

   2:27 pm

   Eric Thompson

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   Chuck Mitchell and his wife have had animals all their lives and were unaware of terming the relationship between them and their animals as the human-animal bond. The human-animal bond focuses on the relationships that are built and encompasses all relationships that uniquely develop between...

9. Day of Healing - K9 Assisted Crisis Response Team

   Entry #137

   06 Feb 2014

   12:05 am

   Kristyna M Oates

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   Kristyna Oates, Purdue Student In the wake of the aftermath of the Purdue University school shooting, several campus organizations came together to sponsor the State of Indiana K-9 Assisted Crisis Response Team. Consisting of over ten dogs, the team helped to comfort students and deal with their...

10. First Book for HABRI 2014 Book-Review Series Now Available

    Entry #135

    16 Jan 2014

    7:29 am

    Myrna Milani

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    Time for another opportunity to explore facets of the human-animal bond that you might not otherwise. The first review book for 2014, Animals and the Human Imagination, is a collection of essays on a wide range of subjects written by those from diverse backgrounds. (You can learn more about the...

11. Preparing for loss and coping with grief: Meet Laurel Lagoni

    Entry #133

    10 Jan 2014

    12:21 pm

    Megan Kendall

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    Since the early 1980s, Laurel Lagoni has worked and interacted with pets and their owners. Specifically, she works to provide support for families struggling with grief over the death of their pet. Ms. Lagoni worked as the Director of the nationally known Argus Institute for Families and...

12. New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy for Children who Face Social, Emotional and Educational Challenges

    Entry #132

    20 Dec 2013

    2:16 pm

    Patty Dobbs Gross

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    ''North Star Luka and Isabel'' Every assistance or therapy dog placement we create at North Star is a carefully developed relationship between a child and a specifically bred and socialized North Star pup. Knowledge of the temperament of a pup slated to work with a child, as well as an awareness...

13. More on Pets Conferring Immunity to Kids

    Entry #131

    19 Dec 2013

    9:57 am

    Myrna Milani

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    A recent article by Alexandra Sifferlin entitled [http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/16/researchers-reveal-the-microscopic-reasons-why-pets-protect-against-allergies/ "Researchers Reveal the Microscopic Reasons Why Pets Protect Against Allergies"] describes further research designed to help...

14. Positive Connections: Meet Dr. Patricia Pendry

    Entry #129

    06 Dec 2013

    10:57 am

    Megan Kendall

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    Dr. Patricia Pendry is a developmental psychologist and graduate faculty member in the Department of Human Development at Washington State University. Her research focuses on exposure to stress in childhood and the development of childhood behavioral problems. She is especially interested in...

15. Sometimes an Animal is Just an Animal

    Entry #127

    02 Nov 2013

    7:39 am

    Myrna Milani

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    Sometimes an Animal is Just an Animal Regardless who originally said or wrote that “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” in what context, in its most popular current usage it refers to not overlooking something’s actual identity in favor of any symbolism we choose to attach to it. As the amount and...

16. A Man to Remember: Dr. John C. New

    Entry #126

    28 Oct 2013

    1:09 pm

    Megan Kendall

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    Dr. John New unexpectedly passed away on October 15, 2013 and will be sorely missed throughout the human-animal bond community. Dr. New had been a faculty member of the University of Tennessee’s College of Veterinary Medicine for 36 years. He was a prominent figure within the human-animal bond...

17. Animals + Technology = an innovative way to keep aging folks at home

    Entry #125

    15 Oct 2013

    2:38 pm

    Myrna Milani

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    A very creative new approach to help ensure a quality life for older folks who live alone. A collar for dogs that tracks when something is wrong with their humans

18. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies at One Year Old

    Entry #124

    14 Oct 2013

    12:01 pm

    Patty Dobbs Gross

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    'North Star Kumari's Pups' It has been a difficult time for our nation since North Star Kumari’s puppies were born last October. This past year has been a long one, set against a disquieting backdrop of a lingering recession, raging floods, furious fires, and, perhaps, soon to come the...

19. It's Complicated: Meet Dr. Hal Herzog

    Entry #123

    14 Oct 2013

    11:45 am

    Megan Kendall

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    What is your relationship with animals? It is a harder question to answer than you might originally think. Whatever your answer may be, it is most likely to be both justified yet contradictory in some way. Our relationship with the natural world around us is complicated to say the least. Dr. Hal...

20. New Book Chapters from Temple University Press

    Entry #122

    14 Oct 2013

    10:52 am

    Christopher C Charles

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    Thanks to the generosity of Temple University Press, the HABRI Central library now contains several new book chapters from leading authors in the field. Among those included are sections from Blue Juice: Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine by Patricia Morris, Filling the Ark: Animal Welfare in...