About Lucy

Lucy is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She started coming to work with me in 1999. What began as a convenience soon developed into a subtle benefit for clients. Lucy’s innocent and compelling nature adds unique warmth to the clinical setting that is felt but difficult to measure.

To learn more about Animal-Assisted Therapy, please read my article Moments of Magic.

Excerpts of this article have been published in the manual “Improving Mental Health Through Animal-Assisted Therapy,” a culmination of “The Chimo Project” Edmonton based research on AAT: http://www.chimoproject.ca

The Delta Society is a leader in the field of Animal-Assisted Therapies: http://www.deltasociety.org

In addition to Lucy’s life as a therapy dog, Lucy has completed acting training for dogs and loves the camera! She is registered with a local agent: http://www.cinemazoo.com

She has appeared on the TV show “Doggin It” (2002), in the Vancouver Opera (2004), and in training films with Deborah Wolfe of Camp Good Dog: http://www.campgooddog.com

Lucy is getting older now and sleeps on the job a lot. She sometimes misses days at work too. In spite of this, her gentle presence is still felt and most people enjoy having her in their sessions.