CWDF “Canine Ambassadors”
What began with one trained therapy dog, “Sophie” in 2013, is now a busy group of more than three dozen “Canine Ambassador” teams. Those teams now serve all South Shore communities between Weymouth and Duxbury. With weekly programs in schools, libraries, senior facilities, and special education programs, our volunteers and their dogs bring canine comfort and happiness to people of all ages.
All CWDF Canine Ambassadors are encouraged to continue their obedience education. Most of our teams have obtained American Kennel Club’s “Canine Good Citizen” certificate or have gone on to obtain AKC CGC Advanced, demonstrating that they have the obedience and temperament to interact safely with the public.
Canine Ambassador Training and Certification
Sophie – Our First Therapy Dog
The black lab from Tennessee was adopted by her owner through Double Dog Rescue and it was love at first sight. Sophie is one happy dog who loves to walk in the woods, swim at the beach and most especially put a smile on someone’s face when she is visiting schools, colleges, nursing homes and letting kids read to her at the library. She loves to ride in the car with her family and the destination is not important as long as she can go. Sophie has become a great friend and role model to her new family pet Rusty, an Australian Shepherd from Alabama and another Double Dog Rescue success story. Rusty has been getting comfortable with a working dog role and may one day also be joining Sophie more formally to support Cohasset Working Dog Foundation in the future