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Press Release:
 Dee Ganley of Andover
2008 recipient of Warren-Campbell Crystal Heart Award
Award given for work in State of NH Men's Prison,
Concord - Program for selected inmates to learn skills
to train dogs for eventual placement in therapy work
or homes.
Caring Animal Partners of New London, a local pet
therapy group, awarded this year's Warren-Campbell
Crystal Heart Award to Dee Ganley of Andover. The
award is given to a person, or a group, in the
central New Hampshire area, who demonstrates through
their outstanding actions the strong and important
bond that exists between humans and our domesticated
animals.
Dee Ganley, a veteran NH dog trainer and author
of Changing People, Changing Dogs, earned the award
for her participation in the NH Pathways to Hope
Prison Dog program. This program takes dogs that
need homes, and places them in the State prison in
Concord under the care of a specially selected group
of inmates, who will train them as therapy dogs.
When their course of training is completed, the dogs
will be donated to those in need of their services.
Caring Animal Partners' President Robert Moser said
of Dee "She provides the experience, knowledge
and leadership to make this program viable. She has
to evaluate the dogs as to their suitability for
advanced assistance skill training, set up and supervise
the training protocols within the prison, and be
willing to make the hard decisions as to when an
inmate or a dog are not progressing adequately. Dee
has built a strong foundation for the future success
of this program."
To learn more about NH Pathways to Hope, go to their
web site at http://pthnhpd.org/ and
to learn more about the broad range of teaching,
training and behavioral work of award recipient Dee
Ganley, go to her web site at www.deesdogs.com Contact:
Dee Ganley dee@deesdogs.com
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Dee Ganley with her 3 dogs
(shows Dee training
her own dogs
Tucker, Dazzle and Jax) |
Dee Ganley (third from right) with inmates
selected
to participate in the dog training program
of
NH Pathways for Hope. Dee is the Training
Director
for NH Pathways to Hope.) |
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