CoCo and I live about 1/2 of a mile away from a retirement home. While we were on our daily walk, one of the directors from the home stopped me to comment on how beautiful CoCo was. As I started talking more and more to her, we talked about my dad and my family, and she asked me how I would feel about bringing CoCo around some of the residents of the home.

CoCo is pretty well behaved, she has been through obiedience training and I can control her behaviors pretty well. Around other dogs, she is not aggressive she is just a little cautious but friendly.. she has to be the one to initiate interaction. She has never been aggressive toward people, but there are ome people that she will bark at before getting aquainted with them. After that she is very gentle and well behaved. I'm just not sure if she is a calm enough dog to be around the residents of the home.

The director of the home didn't seem to be alarmed, she said she has been watching us as we run daily and she notices how well CoCo responds to my commands. She asked about her breeding and her health records  and as we were talking one of the residens in a wheelchair came up to us and commented on CoCo and what a cute "rat" I had. CoCo approached the wheelchair very cautious like she has been taught to (my father is in a wheelchair and is disabled and CoC has been taught how o act around him.) and was great with this particular resident, but I'm just worried that she won't be what they need, or that I do not have the experience in training to bring her around that many elderly people and have her behave well.

I think that you have mentioned that Bailey is a therapy dog and I would like your advice and imput if you would be willing to give it. I have the application papers and I have gotten her records faxed to me, but I want to be as prepared and well-informed as I can be before I agree to do this. I would love to help but I want to make sure that I go about it in a way that is healthy for both CoCo and I as well as the people we wuld be visiting.