Distant and Balanced
While some may think that becoming top dog is as easy as “putting a smile on someone’s face,” I would say being obedient and good with people is more important. Any dog has the capability of putting a smile on someone’s face, however, not all dogs are capable of being a therapy dog. There is a lot of training and testing that a dog must go through, before ever being taken into the public.
Involved, Angry
Being top dog is most certainly not defined by putting a smile on someone’s face. A dog may look cute and innocent, but looks can be deceiving! There are dogs out there that may “look” cute, but the second you go to touch them, they will attack. Some dogs are not raised being touched certain ways and could potentially be a danger to a person. Being “top dog” should be defined by obedience not ever by putting a smile on someone’s face.
Comedic
Comedic is a very hard voice for me to do with pet therapy. In my opinion there is nothing comedic about pet therapy.
For my paper I am most likely going to use the distance and balanced approach. I feel like pet therapy is not an angry topic, and as you can tell from my posting there is nothing comedic about it to me either. I think for this topic a balanced and distant paper would be the most effective.
3 comments:
Hey Tiffany--I can understand that you think that pet therapy isn't a comedic topic in general but I think it could be spoken about in a comedic way. For instance, would you like to lay on a couch and tell someone everything that is wrong in your life or would you like to have your face licked by someone who unconditionally loves you? (I know some people wouldn't want their faces licked, but you get what I mean.) I don't know in what way the dogs are providing therapy but the alternatives are probably less desirable and could be comedic in their comparison. Just my thoughts.
Tiff-
I think you are going to do a great job with this topic! I definately agree with you about the topic being difficult to write in a comedic or angry voice. I am very interested in all of the proven evidence you may find on pet therapy. I'm sure you can even use your own personal stories in your paper - from work and just from being with your girls! :)
I agree that distance and balanced voice would work best. This is a topic I dont know alot about but as a nursing student I find it interesting. We used to have a neighbor in Indy who did pet therapy with her Collie. She was such a gentle and smart dog. I remember a little about her training process.
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