by Kirstie Newell | Apr 23, 2024 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
Last week at Woodstock Residential Care Home we had the pleasure of meeting a selection of animals from River’s Rodents and Reptiles. River’s Rodents and Reptiles provides animal handling sessions for individuals and community groups, supporting people of...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 3, 2024 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
This Easter we have had the pleasure of welcoming ducklings to Woodstock Residential Care Home. The ducklings arrived with us as eggs in an incubator, and left us as growing ducklings. We all took turns filling up their food, cleaning out their cage and topping up...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 30, 2023 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Saturday 28 October we were very lucky to have a visit from a wonderful Shetland pony called ‘Dude’ who came to see our residents with his owners Dee and Carmen. Everyone’s faces lit up when they saw the horse box arrive and they figured out what little friend was...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 26, 2023 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
This week we had a visit from River’s Rodents and Reptiles at Woodstock Residential Care Home. Our residents joined in with a live animal handling experience where they could hold and stroke different rodents and reptiles, including a blue tongued skink lizard, a corn...
by Jodie Currey | Jul 4, 2023 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
Today our residents and staff here at Woodstock Residential Care Home received a lovely visit from Molly and her owner Joan. Molly is a black and white fluffy, Cavachon which is a cross between a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and a Bichon frisée. Molly is new to being...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 19, 2023 | Pet Therapy, Woodstock Residential Care Home
Puppy love! On Tuesday 11Â April we celebrated National Pet Day here at Woodstock Residential Care Home with a visit from ‘Supporting Paws’ Therapy Dog Milton. Milton, a golden retriever puppy, melted everyone’s hearts as he was such a friendly,...