Five more schools in Bendigo have welcomed Dogs Connect well-being dogs to their staff in the past two weeks. Epsom, Camp Hill, Quarry Hill and St Therese's primary schools along with Catherine McAuley College have joined the program that helps reduce anxiety in students and teach social and emotional interaction. St Therese's classroom teacher Meg [...]
Holy Rosary Principal Paul Dullard hasn't seen too many students fit in as well as Bridie. The Labradoodle was a hit with staff and students when she started visiting the school with Grant Shannon. Read the full article here.
The Dogs Connect team enjoyed catching up with Abigail Blaikie from Win News and sharing how the Dogs Connect program has grown and spread across regional Victoria. Abigail came to visit California Gully Primary School and meet their dog Milli and pick up where she left off with Sonny.
Grant and Sonny chatted with Nicole Chvastik on ABC Statewide Drive about the Dogs Connect program and one of Sonny’s favourite students, Tara Frawley, joined them too.
