Arapahoe Dental Associates, Specializing in Pain Free Dentistry
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| 2305 E. Arapahoe Rd. Suite 250 Littleton, CO 80122 | (303) 798-2305 |
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Maggie is a trained therapy dog. She knows that petting dogs can help lower your blood pressure, so she will accompany you from the moment you enter the office to your chair, and sit by patiently with you to help you through your visit.
Therapy dogs can help you without the use of drugs.
It has been clinically proven that through petting, touching, and talking with therapy dogs, patients’ blood pressure is lowered and stress is relieved. Interacting with Maggie makes your visit to the dentist a pleasant one.
Maggie is registered with Therapy Dogs Inc. For more information on therapy dogs, visit the Therapy Dogs Inc. web site. Here are some things that patients have said about Maggie (patient names withheld in accordance to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996): I have always been afraid to go the dentist. A friend of mine told me about Maggie, and I really needed to go to the dentist, so I drove all the way from Colorado Springs to go to Arapahoe Dental Associates. Maggie calmed me down immediately and made my visit to the dentist a very pleasant experience. Oh, and Dr. Joy was great too. -- I used to hate going to the dentist and told my mom I didn't want to ever go again. But I like going to see Maggie. She puts up her paw and holds my hand. When I know that Maggie will be at the dentist's office, I'm not afraid any more. -- I suffer from extreme dentalphobia. As I approach the dentist's office, my heart starts racing, I feel faint, and my stomach tightens into knots. But once I see Maggie, who comes up to me with a big smile on her face and sits down right beside me, I calm down. Maggie lets me keep one hand on her the entire time I am at the dentist. As long as I can feel Maggie next to me, I'm OK. -- 
Maggie is a bearded collie. She was born on October 17, 1997. The Bearded Collie, affectionately called the Beardie, was developed in Scotland as a herding dog. Its ancestors likely included herding dogs from the European continent, such as the Poland Lowland Sheepdog (Polski Owzcarek Nizinny) and the Komondor, blended with the sheep herding dogs of the British Isles. It was developed as an independent worker, able to make decisions concerning the welfare and safety of their charges without depending on the shepherd who might be miles away. Flocks in Scotland intermingled freely, yet one Beardie never brought home a wrong sheep during his many years of work. The Beardie is still used as a shepherd's helpmate in Scotland, and now in the U.S.
G.O. Willison brought the breed to recognition by The Kennel Club of Great Britain in 1959. Since then, they've wended their way into hearts and homes world-wide. Following recognition by AKC in 1977, they have remained about midway in AKC registration statistics. Beardies are rarely half-way about anything, but breeders are happy the breed is middle-of-the-road when it comes to popularity. Most Beardie breeders take great care in breeding, raising and placing their puppies. Although a well-kept secret from the general population, they're popular with those who know, with owners often loving two or three or ten!
Because they love people, Beardies make good therapy dogs, comforting, entertaining and snuggling up to patients and residents. Owners take pride in their dogs making a good impression by being clean, spiffy and well-behaved during therapy visits.
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