How pets help humans
will be symposium topic
The first symposium- to explore the effect of animals on
human health is scheduled for Nov. 5 in Eugene, an event spon
sored by the Lane County Veterinary Medical Association.
The "Oregon Human-Animal Bond Symposium" will be led
by three nationally recognized experts in the human-animal bond
area.
They will introduce participants to the relatively new concept
of using pets as a therapeutic tool instead of prescribing tran
quilizers or other medication. The general public may also attend
the symposium.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend six sessions
including "Therapeutic Use of Animals with the Mentally Disabl
ed," and "How to Establish People-Pet Programs: Guidelines for
Placing Animals in Nursing Homes."
Symposium speakers are Leo Bustad, a professor of veterinary
medicine and former dean of the Washington State University
College of Veterinary Medicine; Michael McCulloch, a
psychiatrist in private practice from Portland; and Linda Hines,
director of the People Pet Partnership Program at Washington
State University in Pullman.
The event is scheduled from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Valley
River Inn, Eugene. It is being held in cooperation with the Oregon
Psychiatric Association, Lane County Psychological Association
and Oregon Association of Homes for the Aging.
Cost of the symposium, which includes a banquet lunch, is
$30. Those signing up in groups of three or more will be charged
$20 each, and students and senior citizens will be admitted for
$15. The preregistration forms must be postmarked by Oct. 22.
The registration fee after Oct. 22 and at the door is $45. Early
registration is encouraged. Continuing education credit is
available from some University departments.
For more information about the symposium, contact the Lane
County Veterinary Medical Association at 2160 Rocky Lane,
Eugene, or call 485-8461.
Laid-off teacher becomes
laid-back mother-for-hire
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When
Missy Gerber lost her job at Lake
Oswego Montessori School and
couldn't land another job in
education, she decided to try
something new.
Gerber and Monica Schneider, a
friend, dreamed up a the idea of
rent-a-mom last spring after she
lost her job because of a staff
cutback.
Gerber said she and Schneider
would sit around the table and
talk about setting up her business,
"Other Mother."
"She got me excited about it,"
Gerber said.
Gerber said she didn't realize
how successful the business ven
ture would be. She said she had
somewhat of an established
clientele from teaching for three
years.
"I started doing it while
teaching at the Montessori
School. Parents were always ask
ing me to watch their children
while they went away on vacation
or a business trip."
She's expanded her services
since then to doing anything from
organizing birthday parties to tak
ing children roller-skating or to
movies. She'll dress up like a
clown and serve as a hostess at
birthday parties.
When she house-sits, she takes
care of pets and plants and picks
up mail and newspapers. She also
tutors children from kindergarten
through eighth grade. Gerber said
she charges from $10 a day for
house-sitting to $35 a night for
overnight baby-sitting.
Gerber said satisfied cutomers
keep calling her back.
She said she is booked way in
advance for both overnight baby
sitting and for extended periods,
where she spends up to two
weeks with her temporary family.
“It's tough to have your parents
gone. No one does things exactly
the way mom does', so I try to
make it fun. It’s better for the kids
to stay in their own home where
they know the routine. It's better
than farming them out to friends,"
Gerber said.
Gerber said she wants to build a
staff of resource people.
"I turn down so many jobs, it's
incredible," she said.
She spends very little time in
her Portland apartment.
"Sometimes I wake up in the mid
dle of the night and wonder
where I am," she said. But she
said she enjoys it.
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