St John pet therapy dogs and owners, from left: Gael McKechnie with Benji, Belinda Pull and Opie, and Alana Tang and Chip.
St John pet therapy dogs and owners, from left: Gael McKechnie with Benji, Belinda Pull and Opie, and Alana Tang and Chip.
St John is inviting pet owners to register their interest in joining its pet therapy programme.
Volunteer Iris Keat says the programme is the first pet therapy in the central region, and they need more pets to take into rest homes, the hospital and schools.
"The children at Central Normalread to the pets in 15-minute sessions."
Iris continued, the more pets that register, the more places they can visit that will make a difference.
There are already two Shetland ponies that are brought out in the summer to visit rest homes.
