With her non-judgmental attitude, kind brown eyes, and doggedly fun outlook on life, Castlemaine Secondary College’s newest staff member has been making friends and influencing people everywhere she goes.
It’s true that being a golden retriever-poodle cross by birth played a role in her clinching the position of well-being dog, and now that she’s got the job, Goldie looks well set to make the sort of positive changes many schools dream of.
Flexible Learning Options co-coordinator at CSC Alyssa O’Sullivan says the 15-week-old woofer has joined the college through Australia’s world-first Dogs Connect mental health and wellness program.
It’s a move expected to bring real benefits for the local secondary college and potentially lead to other local schools adopting their own well-being hounds as well.
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