A brand-new puppy on the facilities, treatment dog was trained in Florida
Published 4:11 pm Monday, April 17, 2023
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Scooter has actually been a popular addition to the Danville High School neighborhood. Photo by Lance Gaither
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By LANCE GAITHER
Danville High School has a brand-new treatment dog to help serve trainees in requirement. The 1-year-old black Labrador retriever called Scooter, works together with school resource officer Ben Ray to help offered relief for trainees who are having a bad day or are experiencing a crisis.
“The kids love him,” Ray said. “Multiple times a day kids are at my door asking for Scooter. First thing in the morning they are asking to see Scooter. He is a little shy but he is starting to open up more.”
The effort to offer the school with a treatment dog was begun when trainees at the school developed a discussion to the Danville Police Department. Although Scooter is the very first K9 system that Officer Ray has actually dealt with, they trained together in a Paws and Strips college with the constable’s workplace of Brevard County, Florida.
“He was donated by a breeder,” Ray said. “They have had him since he was 6 months old. The training is 12 weeks and it is a lot of obedience, drilling into them sit, stay, down and the recall if he is in a crowd off his leash. A lot of it is just being in him in different locations and situations.”
Scooter is already entering into the school neighborhood.
“It is a learning curve for everybody having a dog here,” Ray said. “Teachers have been really receptive but we are starting to get him into classrooms. With all the end of the year stress we are going to different classrooms just giving students a little rest.”
