A Facility Dog is a highly trained therapy dog who will spend its entire day in our school buildings. All RCS Facility Dogs will need to pass two tests when they are about one and a half years old: the Canine Good Citizenship test and a Therapy Dog test.

The RCA dog “Nipper” thus gained notoriety on both sides of the ocean. At mid-20th century, so great was the inquisitive terrier’s fame that RCA erected a four-ton, 26-foot-tall “Nipper” atop its headquarters in Albany, New York, where it remains a city landmark.

The RCS Wellness Dog program is a district-wide initiative to support students' social-emotional health with the presence of wellness dogs in our schools. It is comprised of select dogs which have met criteria for temperament and behavior specific to the duties of a wellness dog.

Aug 30, 2022 · We are beginning our new Facility Dog Program at RCS during the 2022-2023 school year! What’s a Facility Dog? A Facility Dog is a highly trained therapy dog who will spend its entire day in our school buildings.

Aug 31, 2022 · Archie has been specifically chosen by our Facility Dog trainers to work at RCS. Some of the key behavioral ingredients for a successful Facility Dog puppy are calm, patience, an eagerness to be social, and comfort with being touched.

For instance, consistent with the ADA regulations, 38 CFR 1.218(a)(11) defines a service animal as only a dog that is individually trained to assist an individual with a physical, sensory, or mental disability, and not any other animal that merely provides emotional support or companionship.

Feb 7, 2024 · The RCS school district’s three facility dogs last week passed their Canine Good Citizen test. The test is the first of two they will have to pass. Next will be the Therapy Dog test.

Intraoperative ISC is an expedient and inexpensive diagnostic technique that can guide most appropriate treatment in dogs with large RCs. Canine renal cysts (RCs) are benign, fluid-filled, epithelial-lined structures within the renal cortex or medulla and can achieve a very large size.

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Jul 27, 2022 · Lincoln, one of our RCS therapy dogs, was happy to greet students and demonstrate the importance of GO TEAM, a program that trains handler-dog teams to offer relief, caring, and assistance to those...