title: Teaming With Your Therapy Dog (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)
author:  Ann R. Howie 
description: Ann R. Howie began integrating animals into her counseling practice in 1987 and has worked with animals in (human) health care ever since. She has both state and national credentials as a clinical social worker (counselor). She founded and coordinated a hospital animal-assisted activities and therapy program from 1990-1997, was Pet Partners (formerly Delta Society)s national Director of Animal-Assisted Therapy Services from 1995-2000, and is an Eden Associate. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver and has also been an adjunct professor in the Masters in Counseling Psychology program at St. Martins University in Olympia, Washington.
zlib_text: THUNDER CANYON NUGGET
  Love me, love my...doctor?
  Tongues are wagging all over town that bubbly, quirky pet therapist
  Annabel Cates has been spotted keeping company with Dr. Thomas
  North. Yes, that Dr. North—the ever-serious, oh-so-gorgeous and
  utterly unattainable orthopedic surgeon who has dashed the hopes of
  so many Thunder Canyon cowgirls.
  Will Annabel really be able to domesticate the medical maverick?
  Folks round these parts can’t understand how two such emotionally
  opposite people even got together. (We, give the credit to an unlikely
  matchmaker with four paws and a winning smile!) Stay tuned, faithful
  friends, and find out if sexy Dr. North can stay immune to this
  adorable Cates sister and her irresistible pup!
  
  “I’m so sorry!”
  Annabel quickly wound the dog’s lead around her palm. “Here, let me
  help you!”
  Dropping to her knees, she started grabbing the loose pages and the
  manila folders, but the man in front of her mirrored her actions. Their
  heads collided with a resounding cra