well that is the face of a king look at
that the king is in the building King
and bar Keo is the representative of the
21st annual Fiesta pooch parade and an
official therapy dog Norma bucks the
owner and handler for King embarked EO
is here to tell us about the parade the
great organization behind it welcome and
we have our own little pooch parade
happening here in a bit but first let's
start here and let us know about king of
Archaea well this is my dog King n bark
EO whose real name is Shanti she was
adopted from the Humane Society here in
San Antonio twelve years ago she was
thrown away in a box full of puppies
downtown San Antonio but talk about four
rescued a royalty you see oh she's come
a long way
oh that is just a sweet pea now a
therapy dog is different than a service
animal right absolutely so service
animals service a particular person and
their medical concern but therapy
animals have an even better job they
visit anybody in San Antonio
most of our dogs visit hospitals schools
other facilities and their job is to let
people pet them so those people feel
better no matter what their circumstance
and so many times because when dogs walk
in the studio hear from people right
absolutely so if this dog or any of
these dogs are bringing smile to your
face if not to your heart that's what
we'd like to continue to do around San
Antonio so how was she selected she was
selected by the organization the members
nominate dogs that have been therapy
dogs King and Barco has been a therapy
dog for six years now and then the board
selects the final dog oh and she's got
some of her friends here that volunteer
around generate yes we do so her first
friend that she's brought is Bonnie
Bonnie volunteers at hospitals here in
San Antonio and she is a mix and then we
have hazel well and been more ambani
though bonnie howls with happiness when
she puts on her therapy our dogs love
their jobs thank you because and and
people just get to I mean love on them
it's a very it's a great job I sometimes
wonder who's getting the therapy who's
doing the work I next hazel hazel next
we have hazel so hazel volunteers at
Ronald McDonald House and children's
bereavement center also hazel is also
fiesta royalty she is King El Rey Fido
so usually San Antonio
yesterday's visiting human society yeah
she's a little french bulldog absolutely
and dogs are come in all shapes and
sizes and I can imagine the reaction
especially from kids when these therapy
dogs come in they do so King and bark
you and I visit the juvenile detention
center and as you can imagine those kids
there we're going through a pretty rough
time so whenever she walks in the room
they're amazed surprised and full of
love raises money all over the country
Thank You hazel okay next with the very
very funny is Tessa small little Terrier
12 years old and Tessa was scheduled for
euthanasia when she was rescued and now
she's been a therapy dog for ten years
yes this is a great save a great rescue
so Tessa volunteers at hospital is
mostly pediatric so you can imagine your
look at that big dog and who can beat
that fiesta outfit kids love Tessa
because when kids are in the hospital
environments and everything going on and
just to have a little just a dog just to
sit there absolutely who wouldn't want
to cuddle that and last but not least we
have yogini and yogini has been a
therapy dog kind of rookie for six
months so she is yogini is one of Shaun
T's co-workers who volunteers at the
juvenile detention center part of the
Juvenile Justice Center therapy dog team
and so we've had great success with
yogini you can see he is a natural dog
for a therapy dog Wow
they are all fantastic again you do such
great work thanks very much for that
work by the way at pooch parade with all
the other productions going to be coming
up on Saturday April 27th from 7:45 in
the morning to 11 o'clock in the
afternoon over there at the Alamo
Heights pool such a fun time for the
whole family right it is and the only
Fiesta event where you will walk with
800 dogs through a beautiful part of
Sanitation will be leading the most you
will be leading them all as the parade
marshal she also has Fiesta medals for
you I understand you guys are collectors
going for more information on the pooch
parade just go to si live.com where we
provided a link Viva fiesta and thank
you thank you hope to see you at our
parade