Laurie Hardman is the creator/director of the College Dogs, a program bringing trained/certified/registered therapy dog teams to college and university campuses. Since its inception in 2010, over 5,000 students, faculty and others annually have been visited by the teams at the University of Washington. (residence halls, School of Business, Medicine, Law), Seattle Pacific University, Cornish College of the Arts, South Seattle Community College, Northwest University and The Art Institute of Seattle.
Teams are all volunteers working without remuneration. Our only request is that parking be provided free of charge.
Parking Instructions for UW Coordinators:
College Dogs is a 100% volunteer organization. All that we ask is that you pay for our parking so we can easily transport our dogs to your location on campus, to a parking lot that is close to the location of the event. Our preferred option is having a parking code to give to the gate on our way in. Please note that parking codes expire, please make sure that the code you provide is date current. Please complete the UW Transportation Services online parking request from their website at https://transportation.uw.edu/park/events/arranged. You will need a UW Budget number (usually in the format 65-xxxx). Once the code is generated, please send it to Leila, k-9pals@comcast.net and you should be all set.
Please have parking arranged and sent to Leila at least one week in advance of the event. The teams will require directions to their designated parking lot, as well as detailed directions to the building and room where the visit will take place, or you can arrange for someone to meet the teams in the parking lot and escort them to the venue.
Rules for visits
*Don’t "surround" the dogs in a huge crowd-each handler will advise during the visit, but coordinators can help ensure "crowd control" if there is a large turn out
*Have timed visits with them in groups - if there is a large turn out, it is best to allow several visitors "X" amount of time, then rotate in additional visitors
*Have someone monitor the groups so that the dogs are not overwhelmed-check in with our handlers
*If this is a visit with small children, Parents: PLEASE remember, these are live animals. All dogs are certified therapy dogs, but please respect them, and we recommend you do your best to interact WITH your children while visiting each dog - please keep track of your children so that you can teach them how to interact with a dog. Our teams are there for your enjoyment and interaction, but not for babysitting!
Teams are all volunteers working without remuneration. Our only request is that parking be provided free of charge.
Parking Instructions for UW Coordinators:
College Dogs is a 100% volunteer organization. All that we ask is that you pay for our parking so we can easily transport our dogs to your location on campus, to a parking lot that is close to the location of the event. Our preferred option is having a parking code to give to the gate on our way in. Please note that parking codes expire, please make sure that the code you provide is date current. Please complete the UW Transportation Services online parking request from their website at https://transportation.uw.edu/park/events/arranged. You will need a UW Budget number (usually in the format 65-xxxx). Once the code is generated, please send it to Leila, k-9pals@comcast.net and you should be all set.
Please have parking arranged and sent to Leila at least one week in advance of the event. The teams will require directions to their designated parking lot, as well as detailed directions to the building and room where the visit will take place, or you can arrange for someone to meet the teams in the parking lot and escort them to the venue.
Rules for visits
*Don’t "surround" the dogs in a huge crowd-each handler will advise during the visit, but coordinators can help ensure "crowd control" if there is a large turn out
*Have timed visits with them in groups - if there is a large turn out, it is best to allow several visitors "X" amount of time, then rotate in additional visitors
*Have someone monitor the groups so that the dogs are not overwhelmed-check in with our handlers
*If this is a visit with small children, Parents: PLEASE remember, these are live animals. All dogs are certified therapy dogs, but please respect them, and we recommend you do your best to interact WITH your children while visiting each dog - please keep track of your children so that you can teach them how to interact with a dog. Our teams are there for your enjoyment and interaction, but not for babysitting!
