Spring & Summer 2021: Summer Reading & Second Chances

With 2020 behind us, let's get into 2021. As always, thank you to those who follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. I started working full-time in 2021 so I wasn't able to do much in the early months, but let's see what we have accomplished so far...

2020: Cancer & Causes, Passings & Pride

2020 was really something! As always, thank you to those who follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. For most of all of 2020, I was working part-time and then full-time so we were less involved with things, but here is everything that happened in the world of Healing Whiskers during 2020...

Fall 2019: Berry, Blessings, & Dallas, De-Stressings

It's been almost two years since I updated our blog since life has gotten so busy. I finally got a break so it is time for a proper update! I thank everyone who follows us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. Let's finish off 2019 in this blog post...

Summer 2019: Rainbows, Reading, & Rescue

This summer has been CRAZY! From going on TV, radio, being featured in newspapers, magazines, and online articles, to finishing up our Reading Rats program, and even rescuing a pet rat in distress!
Time for another (somewhat) seasonal blog post! I'm working to get this website more informational, but life has been hectic. Feel free to follow us on social media for more up-to-date posts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr

Books, Balloons, & Birthdays

Vincent's career is going very well! While these blog posts are more on the seasonal side, you can always follow us on your favorite social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr) to keep up to date on our adventures.

Training, Evaluation, Cake, & Blessings

This summer has been great! Training a therapy rat in the hot months definitely has its drawbacks, but we made it. Time for cooler weather and rat burritos!

Spring 2018: Nominations & Road Trips

We have had a very productive Spring! Get comfortable because this is going to be a long post...

Oliver's Last Couple of Visits

Let's see, the last visit we talked about was back in October! Let's celebrate the rest of Oliver's work by sharing photos since our November visits.

Life of a Therapy Rat: Fall 2017

It has been a busy couple of months! Let's get down to business and show you what we have been up to!

Back at Berry - Viking Venture & Involvement Fair

Last month, we got back in the hang of things by going back to our favorite place ever: Berry College! It's not just my favorite place because I am an alumnus, but Oliver loves his Berry kids too!

Spending the Summer at Church

This summer, Oliver and I spend most of our volunteer hours at a local church interacting with children and adults!

BlogPaws 2017: Myrtle Beach Has Gone to the Rats

It has been a whole month since BlogPaws passed and we had a blast!

BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose 2017 Award Finalist

Yes, you read that right! We are a finalist for a major award by BlogPaws! Don't know what BlogPaws is? BlogPaws is the hub of all pet bloggers. A place to be educated and learn from other bloggers nationwide, a physical conference to attend every year, and even a place to find influencer opportunities. This is the highest achievement for a pet blogger and we are truly humbled!

A Fair Amount of Finals and Other Events

Let's see, April and May have been very busy for little ol' Oliver. We've had 6 therapy events totaling a little over 10 hours! Most were de-stressing at colleges for students, but we had some great public events as well.

Jasper & Oliver's 1st Birthday!

Wow, it is so unbelievable that these two little boys I got in May 2016 are now a year old! Since rats only live a couple of years, we celebrated big!

Spring Break & St. PETrick's Day

March was a great month for us! We had another event at Berry College and also walked in a parade for St. PETrick's Day!

Oliver's First Official Therapy Visit

Oliver had his first official therapy visit today! We went to Berry College to de-stress some students for a couple of hours.

We Passed: Official Therapy Rat Status Achieved!

Yes, that's right. Oliver and I are now an official Pet Partner team. Oliver is a therapy rat!

Walking for Suicide Awareness in the ATL

A few weeks ago we did a walk for suicide awareness with Out of the Darkness in Atlanta, Georgia. There was a TON of people with lots of loud noises so it was a great way to see how Oliver is doing with noises and such.

Therapy Animal Workshop & a Trunk or Treat!

So a lot has happened in the past few weeks! Last week I completed the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Handler Workshop and just today I went to a Trunk or Treat with my fellow Compassionate Paws therapy teams.