Tate is an Irish Kerry Blue Terrier. He’s been working with me as a therapy dog since 2006. I got him from the Rescue Service with the Kerry Blue Club of Southern California. He had been working as a show dog in Los Angeles with a groomer who gave him up when he became ill and expensive to keep. She told the Kerry Rescue Service he had a sensitive stomach. I had him treated for his true malady which was “hook worms” and he easily segued from being an unloved, sick show dog to a much loved therapy dog. As one anxious client told me, “Tate makes it easier to talk about my problems.”
