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By Liz Maitland
At RECOVERY Assistance Dogs we know that dogs can really help to improve people's Wellbeing. We would like to build an outdoor gym for dogs. It will be in a park that needs renovating.
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At St Mary's Allotments, off Saffron Lane the set aside land needs to be made into a park. We would like a special area for dogs that will include an outdoor gym for them. Dogs make such an improvement in peoples' lives by: * Providing companionship * Getting their owners out for walks * Never arguing or even talking endlessly * Giving Unconditional love * Creating a still presence of calm * Protection and safe environment So we want to give them something back and improve their lives as they have improved ours. This would involve agility exercises, training in wellbeing, doggy yoga and fun for them meeting other dogs and people.
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Why it's a great idea:
This project is a great idea as at RECOVERY Assistance Dogs for Mental Health we have noticed that more and more people are suffering with Mental Health problems. Yet many of these people have dogs that are helping them to cope, get out the house and still enjoy life. We want people to do more activities with their dog like: * Agility * Companionship * Behaviour improvements * Social Inclusion We would like to build a centre where people can come and join in for free where they can improve their own and their dogs wellbeing.
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This Project is being promoted by RECOVERY Assistance Dogs for Wellbeing. We have expertise and experience in training dogs to a high standard to help people to recover their independence. This project is for the wider public to celebrate the joys that well trained dogs can bring to everyone.
Location Leicester
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Dogs Improve Your Wellbeing Centre
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Leicester City Council
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Offer somethingAt the Loonies Fest at Kingsley Hall, East London on 9 September, 2017 Liz Maitland met with Asylum Magazine and many other Survivor Organisations campaigning for Fffaf (Freedom from force and fear). She was invited to write an article about how she had completely recovered from a severe Mental Health problem in 1997 after 23 years of treatment, 5 suicide attempts and just as many sections. Below you will see some excerpts from her book ‘So That We May All Be One’ soon to be published. It is about how becoming a ‘born again Christian’, Centering Therapy, Homeopathy and in particular a RECOVERY Assistance Dog Milli helped her to find wellbeing for the past 20 years. How Jesus helped her defeat a psychiatric system that threatened to kill her off and to stand up to treatments like ECT, get discharged and taken off anti-psychotic drugs. Have had an exciting week. At the Loonies Fest in London on 9 September, 2017 with Milli (Golden Cocker RAD Dog) we did a wonderful RECOVERY Assistance Dog Wellbeing Workshop. Dogs are good to help with the symptoms of anxiety, fear and paranoia. Just on a basic level their presence is reassuring. Then they can be trained more deeply with skilled assistance. Actually in reality it is the dog that trains the Survivor. Dogs like to have still minds and to live in a peaceful environment.
They work hard at creating a stable atmosphere and make it explicit to the Survivor how to do Centering Therapy (sitting still and doing nothing). Dogs do this to a fine art and take delight in teaching us.
Dogs help us to feel safe by barking when they hear a noise or smell someone approaching. They somehow know when someone is coming in. This is reassuring and comforting to have something to protect us. Have you noticed how dogs search a room when you come in to it? This is to reassure us that nothing scary is around. What about when you have a panic attack? Surely everyone has them now and again. I have them only at night. Milli sleeps with me on my bed and cuddles me but the best person to help with a panic attack is Jesus. As soon as I remember Him I know that he died for me to be saved, that He has conquered death and nothing I can do will stop me from going home to Heaven for Eternal Life. He just reassures me. The dog helps because she doesn’t demand anything and her love is unconditional. Neither of these loves will ever end and this helps me feel so safe.
Project Delivery Manager: Liz Maitland The Project Delivery Manager takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Contractor: The Conservation Volunteers The team responsible for building or installing the project.
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