Meet a Certified Therapy Dog! In-Person

Kids of all ages are invited to come to the Blue Hill Library to meet a certified therapy dog!  Dash the therapy dog will be in the Larchwood Children's Room available for kids to meet, snuggle with, and read stories to if they so choose.  Dash loves to meet kids! Come meet him at the library on Saturdays, September 6 & 20 and October 4 & 18, from 10:30-11:30am. 

 

Jyl Hershman-Ross is a Level 3 Tellington TTouch Companion Animal Practitioner.  She is a Behavior Consultant working with challenging, fearful, disabled and shy dogs, an experienced Certified Professional Dog Trainer (Knowledge Assessed) through the CCPDT, a member of the Pet Professional Guild, Certified in Pet Loss & Grief Companioning, a trained Red Rover Volunteer and a Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator for the AKC. She also is the in-house trainer for PAWs Shelter of Central Texas and trains their Canines Who Care Therapy Dog teams.

She enjoys working with rescue groups and shelters to help make dogs and cats more adoptable. She trains with her own dogs, and with clients and their dogs in a variety of sports for fun (Agility, Barn Hunt, Herding, Conformation, Air Scent, Nosework, Tracking, Lure Coursing, Therapy Dog, Rally-Obedience), and continues to learn new sports and attend webinars and seminars with a variety of respected international Trainers and Behaviorists to gain new skills and perspectives.

For more information, contact Claire at claire.malina@bhpl.net or call the library at 374-5515.

Date:

Saturday, September 6, 2025 Show more dates

Saturday, September 20, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Time:

10:30am - 11:30am

Time Zone:

Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

Location:

Larchwood Room

Audience:

  Children     General/Adult     Young Adult  

Categories:

  Activity