Atticus at the Brooklyn Family Justice Center

[charlotte bednarsh]

As most of you know, Atticus is spending time familiarizing himself with the Brooklyn Family Justice Center (BKFJC), while he is being trained to become a Pet Partners Therapy dog.  Atticus has already won the hearts of the entire BKFJC staff who are all "competing" for his attention; he has a huge NYPD following and many of the police officers make special visits to their new four legged goofy friend. Here are some picture's of Atticus' visit last Friday.  

In the  first picture you can see Atticus working really hard at the Brooklyn Family Justice Center.....Atticus has passed NYC's intensive background check which includes paw printing, so he is good to go!  Last Friday, he was told to review all the files that you see behind him, however he misunderstood the directions and thought he was instructed to "chew" all the files, like a shredder! With all his shark like baby teeth, that task was a breeze!

In the second picture, Atticus is having is weekly psychotherapy appointment while lying in his bed which is under  the desk of BKFJC children's counselor, Nancy Perez, who is also his counselor.(yes, Nancy has a special bed for Atticus in her office).    Atticus is discussing his inner conflicts which include the following;

- he's not allowed to jump on anyone, no matter how cute he looks
-his trainer says he has to work for his treats, and that looking cute is not enough
-he doesn't understand why he had to drop the shoe that he had stolen from the office of one of his "colleagues"! he was just admiring the leather trim and fully intended to give it back!

Miss Nancy told him there would be no short term solutions, which is why she has his dog bed under her desk, just in case he needs a time out!

In the third picture, Atty is playing with his new donut toy which was a present from Nancy's  4 year old niece.

[Nicole and Teddy]

So stinkin' cute! Love hearing the updates on how Atticus is progressing- so fun!

[charlotte bednarsh]

The fact that our doodles are so cute, makes it difficult to miffed when they get into mischief; when he proudly pranced around with my colleague's shoe dangling out of his mouth, everyone was laughing!

[Amy and Annabelle]

You are just too cute Atticus.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Atticus, you are just too cute for words! 

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

This makes me smile...thanks for sharing Atticus with us!

[BG and Gavin]

Keep up the good work Atticus! Gavin loves your new donut btw.

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Wonderful post.  Thanks Charlotte for keeping us all in the loop.  Your boy is off the charts cute!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

No wonder he thinks he can get away with anything since he is beyond cute. Think of it a handsome, well employed single male, you'd better watch him or the gals will be trying to real him away.

[Stella]

Love hearing your updates on his progress. He is adorable!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

OMD!  Way to go Atticus.  Ned, Clancy, and Charlie asked me if they could join Atticus - they promised work for treats, return the shoes (after thorough inspection), and share the donut toy.

[Carolyn Shusterman]

We look forward to hearing further Atticus adventures in becoming a therapy dog. 

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

How wonderful, he is certainly doing really well with all that intensive training...He is really too cute for words!