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I am very pleased and proud that 7 years ago
Mickey (Tillarn Kilgarrah) became the first
English Toy Terrier to pass the Pets As Therapy
assessment. He regularly visits the children’s
ward of our local hospital, is part of the KC
Read2Dogs scheme at a local school, and
also regularly visit the Alzheimer’s Society Day
Centre. We were honoured to be presented=to
HRH Prince Michael of Kent, when representing
R2Dogs for the Kennel Club, and was pleased
to introduce him and his party to this great
breed. I was very proud when Minnie (Royomas
Tennessee Waltz to Adargwn) was successful
in her assessment and has now joined my PAT
dog family. Sadly, due to COVID-19, visiting has
had to be suspended for the past year. However,
I was previously actively involved with Riding for there have been some ‘zoom’ meetings with the
Disabled. My horse regularly qualified, and twice schools and hopefully we will be able to return in
won, the RDA Horse of the Year and was the the not too distant future.
RDA National Dressage Champion.
Mickey and Minnie have now expanded their
It is not surprising then that I would become family and my first carefully planned litter arrived
involved with the charity, Pets as Therapy. I first at the end of last year.
joined them with my crossbred dog Devon 9
years ago, visiting elderly people in a sheltered All being well, Donald (Adargwn Brunel) and
housing complex once a week. I work for the Daisy (Adargwn Vienna) will qualify and join
Office for National Statistics, and when I took their parents as PAT dogs when they are older.
partial retirement this gave me the opportunity COVID-19 permitting, perhaps they may even
to do more visits. I have since been delighted make it to the show ring!!
to pass, and be qualified as an assessor for the
charity.
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