THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Feb. 9, 1994 Animal rights groups op opposmg rodeo are hypocrites A Hamilton headlineâ€"grabber broadâ€" sides her city fathers for okaying next fall‘s Copps Coliseum rodeo. "You don‘t catch your normal business person or persons with morals at a rodeo," she proclaims for her "Allies for Animal Rights." Ma‘am, guess where a lot of us "normal" and "moral" seniors will be when those Calgary ruffians yippyâ€"yiâ€" yay into town! Sounds to us like another city slicker who‘s not home on the range. Ask any oldster from Chinook arch country what are its prime treasures. Horses and liveâ€" stock, that‘s what. The former, rodeo folks‘ best friends; the latter, their showâ€" pieces. Strictly nonâ€"disposable, like the lady‘s minivan, CD, and desktop PC. In immutable western lingo, that is, friends of "Allies for Animal Rights," don‘t maim or otherwise tamper with the rodeo folks‘ fourâ€"legged cohorts. Better still, go for a look yourself, out there on cowgirl/cowboy turf. Learn firstâ€"hand the bond between rodeo musâ€" tangs, steers, bulls, calves, and their showâ€"time coâ€"stars in chaps and Stetsons. Then show up at Copps to watch who gets hell kicked out of â€"them in the dusty action. Know how to pick out rodeo stars in a crowd? They limp bowâ€" legged. Equal rights, harrumph! Meanwhile, back in suburbia, we seniors point out, homework for the "Allies" piles up. Fretful puppy dogs locked in parked mall cars. The holoâ€" caust of poultry, packed alive into rigs on the QEW, in heat or cold. Friendly folk who defy clearlyâ€"posted humanitarâ€" ian lakefront warning...please not to stuff kitchen leftovers into innocent swans, geese, or ducks. There‘s a new one for the "Allies" on some streets. The sprayâ€"armed citizens playing Juan Guzman with pigeons on their ridgepoles. But be on guard, friends, if you sneak a peak: these peoâ€" ple will show you more wild pitches than Stottelmeyer. Those pebbles sting. Evidence tells us oldsters these rightâ€" ists are parlor animalists. Haven‘t surâ€" vived our adventures in the wild kingâ€" dom. Take delivering papers. Something they should have survived to win crediâ€" bility amongst us for their cause. What‘s the supreme nemesis of every carrier girl and boy? Cheapskate subscribers? Blizzards? Lousy hours? Ah, but no. Dogs. Treacherous guardians of gates, walkways, porches, and front doors. Run their gauntlet, "Allies," then talk to us about rights equality between them and us. Clearly, too, these people haven‘t St, John Ambulance launches Therapy Dogs By WILMA BLOKHUIS Focus Editor Realizing the soothing benefits of pet therapy â€" patting and stroking a dog gives lonely seniors, the sick and disâ€" abled a feeling of calmness â€" has prompted the St. John Ambulance to launch a Therapy Dogs program in Oakville. "Pet visitations have been done for many years and it has been widely acknowledged by the medical profesâ€" sion that the patting and stroking of a dog has a calming effect and can lower blood pressure and relieve tension," says Mary Lynn Hull of Oakville St. John‘s Ambulance. "This would be a wonderâ€" ful way of reaching the ‘shutâ€"ins.‘ Locally, the Therapy Dog visitations will compliment a similar program already available from the Oakville Humane Society, which has seven teams of volunteer owners and dogs visiting at seniors and group homes, Syl Apps Youth Centre, and Oakyville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, explains its educaâ€" Amold. will discuss AIDS, at 2 p.m. Semiâ€"Automatic Early Defibrillation and Preâ€"Hospital Advance_ Cardiac Life Support will be described by Brent Blowett of Chedoke’ McMaster Hospitals‘ Paramedic Services. f Registration is $10 in advance, and $12 at the door â€" lunch 1ncluded For information, call the St. John Ambulance at 844â€"4844. : Symposium on AIDS, first aid The Oakville St. John Ambulance is hosting a symposium on first aid and AIDS at the Oakville Central Library this Saturday, Feb. 12th. The day begins, following registration at 8:30 a.m., with a demonstraâ€" tion of the Kendrick Extrication Device (KED) and stiff neck collars by Bruce Hunter and Kris Ellis of the St. John Ambulance, at 9 a.m. . The Law and First Aid will be explained at 11 a.m.; followed by an . _ explanation of Lifeline â€" the Home Emergency Lifeline Program run by Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, by coâ€"ordinator Annettev The afternoon session begins at 1 p.m., with Calling for Help â€" Ambulance Dispatching, by Scott Robinson of the Ontario Ministry of Health Centralized Ambulance Communications Centre in Mississauga. Dr. Moe Ali, chief of laboratory services at St. Joseph Hospital, Hamilton, and Southern Area Medical Officer for St. John Ambulance, tion coâ€"ordinator Heather White. The humane society‘s pet visitation program has been available for about six years. "Here‘s where a ‘people‘ and ‘aniâ€" mal‘ organizations can work together," added White, stressing the dogs in her program are no adequately trained for the new St. John Ambulance program. "Therapy Dogs must be able to go into any situation and not react negativeâ€" ly," explained White who is in the proâ€" cess of becoming a Therapy Dogs evalâ€" uator. ‘‘These dogs must have basic obeâ€" dience, must not jump up on people, enjoy the company of people, and seek them out for attention. "They must like all kinds of people, and not be phased by elevators, canes, walkers, wheelchairs. . . they must be capable of being left alone, houseâ€" trained, well groomed (clean and brushed), have all vaccinations, and test negatively for parasites and heartworm." In addition, owners of dogs which pass the St. John Ambulance Canine Good Citizen Test, are asked to commit to one or two visits weekly, of one to 1 HURRY IN... FOR THE FINAL CLEAROUT!! _4 DaAYS ONLY! TURTLENECKS + PARTY DRESSES « BOYS‘ PANTS * GIRLS’ SKIRTS 00 starting at $7 starting at $2900 starting at $1200 startmg at 1500 1131 NOTTINGHIL Gate (4th Line) GLEN ABBEY 827â€"2271 waTCH US GROW CHILDREN‘S WEAR Third Line 1/2 hours each, in addition to being the type of person who enjoys visiting shutâ€" ins. "These visits will be available to anybody who has a need," added Hull, noting such a need is usually found among lonely seniors in nursing homes, palliative care and other long term hosâ€" pital patients, the disabled community, and troubled teens in group homes and minimum security facilities. The Therapy Dogs program was iniâ€" tially launched about 19 months ago in Peterborough by Doreen Brock, coâ€"ordiâ€" PreMade Valentine Arrangement 12.99 Valentine , 33 "OEF Valentme Bear w Picks 50°OEF Single Stem â€" Silk Flowers *Special purchase *Spring assortment 2/100 Reg. 99¢ *Great for pins, earrings, etc. * Reg, 99¢ 2/ 100 Greenery nator, and chief evaluator Jim Newell, a dog trainer for 25 years. The program began with six dogs and eight volunteers visiting at the local hospital and two seniors home on a regular basis. By June 1993, the Peterborough Therapy Dogs program had grown to 75 dogs and 60 volunteers making more than 3,000 visits during its first six months. The dogs have also proven > effective for recruiting new brigade members to the St. John Ambulance. The program is also available in Port Hope, â€" Bobcaygeon, Lindsay, Newmarket, Uxbridge, Richmond Hill, and Mississauga which currently has between 30 and 40 registered dogs. 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