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Nonprofit Rocky Mountain Therapy Dogs expanding into Weber, Utah counties
A Utah organization seeking to provide health, hope and healing through hands-on experiences with therapy dogs is under new leadership and looking to extend its reach in the state. Rocky Mountain Therapy Dogs, or RMTD — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Amy Francis — currently has 21 dog-handler teams and six teams-in-training operating in Utah. "It started off just in her backyard in 2019, working on some of the teams that she had been training," said Amber Miller, RMTD's new executive director. "And it's just kind of slowly grown." Miller says the organization's services are now ...
