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SPPOT provides a huge range of daily dog training & activity sessions, outdoor experiences, community activities & life skills training for people who have disabilities & health conditions.
Every person who comes to SPPOT has different abilities but at SPPOT everyone learns how to care for dogs properly & ethically, in ways that suit them best.
Some of the benefits of becoming part of the SPPOT Team include:
• A clear purpose and worthwhile role in the community
• Developing empathy, care skills, responsibility, resilience, creative thinking, social skills & communication
• Dog walking provides fresh air, exercise, motivation, improves physical and mental wellbeing, community engagement—and fun!
Importantly, many skills for life can be taught through the medium of dogs - for example:
• Teamwork and self-reliance
• Customer service skills
• Bus skills and skills for navigation on foot
• Laundry, budgeting, cooking, cleaning