Edie Hessman Ronhovde '82, Trains Therapy & Service Dogs

Edie Hessman Ronhovde '82, Trains Therapy & Service Dogs

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Edie Ronhovde recently retired after teaching for 25 years in the Fremont Public Schools system. But she and her husband, Mike, take their therapy dogs to see Nye Legacy residents. Mike takes his dog, Zoey, to Fremont High School, where he teaches math.

Ronhovde’s trek into therapy and service dog training began in 2016, when her friend, Anne Echtinaw, who teaches special education at Fremont Middle School, was bringing her golden doodle, Winston, to class. Echtinaw told Ronhovde about Domesti-PUPS and said she’d gotten Winston certified.

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