Animal Assisted Therapy

Animal Assisted Therapy

Animals are often used as helpmates to people with disabilities. Guide dogs for the visually impaired are a prime example, but there are other animals helping their human counterparts on the road to recovery. Llamas are not usually the first animal you would think of when it comes to comfort and rehabilitation - kittens, puppies, even bunnies, but llamas? Pacific Northwest farm owner Niki Kuklenski, who has been a successful llama owner and trainer for over thirty years, also offers visits from registered therapy llamas. She has two full sized llamas that she takes around to various places, actually taking them inside, to visit with rehabilitation patients or persons with disabilities. Kuklenski says the fact that these are full sized llamas doesn’t pose a problem and that her therapy llamas are actually quite well behaved. And that contrary to what many people have read or seen about llamas they are not the rude, grumpy, spitting animals that they are often made out to be on television or in the movies. To find out more about these amazing therapy animals you can visit JNK Llama Farm on their Facebook page. Like their dog and cat counterparts, llama are helping to change lives.
 
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