"SUPPORT" YOGI & CINDY BEARS

OUR STORY

Yogi and Cindy Bear’s SC054134 are a team of Newfoundland Dogs that are fully Trained Water Rescue, along with Animal Assisted Activities / Therapy dogs.

At Yogi and Cindy Bears we promote ‘The Provisions and the Training of Assistance / Therapy Dogs’. We provide an alternative type of therapy to medications, which comes under the realm of Animal Assisted Intervention.

Our Community Dog program Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) techniques, is the term given to interventions where a specially trained dog and professional handler work together, in conjunction with a human services professional (eg therapist, social care practitioner, teacher or healthcare provider), to promote improvements in the physical, social, emotional and/or cognitive functioning of a person.

These interventions are designed to meet particular goals to support that individual’s needs. Goals can be very varied and may include helping a client with:

• Working with companies and staff dealing with pressure work to prevent falling into Mental Ill Health.
• Building self-esteem
• Overcoming anxiety and building confidence
• Accessing the community
• Social interaction with others
• Assisting individuals with assistant dogs
• Physical mobility, eg fine and gross motor skills
• Changing patterns of behavior

Yogi & Cindy Bears Assistance and Pet Therapy work with both adults and children across a wide range of client groups, including autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, rehabilitation needs, mental health conditions, social isolation, and dementia.

We have worked in several environments such as schools, colleges, hospitals, corporate companies and the wider community. Our work is undertaken with a range of collaborative partners including local authorities, specialist charities, education providers and health providers.

Yogi and Cindy Bears have found positive outcomes and overall improved well-being in those with medical conditions, behavioral issues, depression, and anxiety and stress. Providing assistance and therapeutic visits to hospitals, care homes, schools, special care facilities and a variety of other venues.

As we continue to develop our Community Dog program, we can bring our services and knowledge to a greater number of people who can be helped in small one to one session or feel the benefits of working in small groups.

Water Rescue Service

Our dogs are fully trained and equipped to perform various rescue missions in the water, including the sea, lochs and rivers. The dogs possess exceptional swimming skills, intelligence and are very well committed to their duty within the water. The main factors of these dogs are to rescue individuals in danger or distress in the water. The dogs are trained for lifesaving within the water, their obedience builds a strong bond between the dogs and the handler. Our dogs are trained to search for individuals or remains by an open and moving water by being deployed on a boat. Providing a unique service to the public.

• We provide educational workshops
• Patrol the beaches throughout the seasons
• Communicate with the public on water hazards
• Our dogs have regular ongoing training in the water
• Handlers are fully trained water/first responders
• Detect individuals that may have drowned

Water Assistance / Therapy Dog Service

Our dogs are fully trained to provide assistance / therapy work to individuals or groups with physical and mental disabilities. Providing safe and therapeutic sessions. Our dogs wear fully equipped life buoyancy jackets which the individual can hold onto while the dogs swim through the water. One session with our dogs can be a life changing experience to an individual.

We provide this therapy service to the public to allow our dogs to assist and changing lives.

FUNDING

The cost of all our equipment, training and our public support is expensive. We hope consider supporting our Non Profit Organisation Yogi & Cindy Bears by donating or sharing with others who’d like to help.