Why Is The Therapy Dog So Tired?

So many of you ask why Magnolia the therapy dog is so tired when she first gets to work. Well you no longer have to wonder. The human is convinced that a tired therapy dog is a good therapy dog. Among other things I generally get about two hours worth of walks a day, plenty of play time, and plenty of space for rest.

When the weather is still nice the human likes to head into the office a little early so we can play in a fenced off area. I generally will locate a stick along the walk and carry it with me. This task gets reinforced because if I have a stick when we get to the park I get to do this: