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Caring Canines has had success working with traumatized children and children with cognitive and physical disabilities in those districts, she said as well as with nursing homes, assisted living memory care and battered women’s shelters. She’s hoping to expand that success now at Fort Lupton Middle School, where she and her dogs will aim to help the kids. Her program aims to teach them several types of skills such as focusing, following
Summer watering restrictions will begin in the city June 1 and will continue until Aug. 31, City City Councilors agreed at their meeting on May 2. Councilors voted unanimously to adopt restrictions, with a few exceptions, daily during the hottest parts of the day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The city’s resolution notes that Colorado and the Front Range have been in drought conditions for “several” years and that the drought includes Fort Lupton. The city could have to endure limits on its water supply this summer because of the drought. The resolution also notes that water sprayed during the hottest parts of the day evaporates more quickly due to the heat and sun. Restrictions will be in place for all properties from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. unless the property uses untreated or nonpotable water. The resolution also allows the city to grant one three-week waiver to
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Therapy dog Niko is working Abishai Cancino who has anxiety. Tracy Starr, Caring Canines is teaching Abishai how to teach Niko PHOTO BY BELEN WARD tricks which calms him and learns how to lead with confidence. •A fundraiser to combat domestic abuse • Page 3
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got this one little dog named Dogs help kids learn to handle I’ve Dorothy Rae; she’s tiny,” Stribling said. “Nobody wanted to work with COVID, other pressures her. They wanted the German ShepBY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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If a tiny 6-year-old Yorkie-Poo therapy dog named Dorothy Rae can capture the hearts of the inmates at the Platte Valley Jail, Sylvia Stribling just imagines what she can do with middle school kids. “These guys were big and gruff and
herd or the Doberman.” Stribling, owner of Lovelandbased Caring Canines therapy dogs, regularly works at Platte Valley Jail with 18- to 21-year-old inmates. They have had success at the jail with those younger populations. “Once they met Dorothy Rae with her spunky little personality, now she is on the waiting list to work with them,” Stribling said.
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