Meet Jack.

Many people have had the privilege of meeting Jack. He remains in the therapy room unless he is riding in a walker basket along with a resident and our physical therapist, Jul Alvarez. He is a four-year-old Maltese/ Shih-Tzu/ poodle blend of a pooch.

Jul, who is Jack’s owner, explains that we see Jack in the photo (below) riding in his custom electric remote controlled six foot cigarette hull type boat (the boat has an electric outboard motor that can go up to 10 mph). Jack is wearing a custom wet suit with a built in flotation device. The ride we see here occurred on the facility pond. Jul explained Jack’s training program that has resulted in Jack enjoying his boat rides. He introduced Jack to the dry-docked boat in Spring of 2008. Once Jack was comfortable with the boat, Jul launched him for a non-powered ride. He then assisted Jack to take slow, smooth rides and came to understand that Jack loves to have the wind blowing on his face. So now Jack zooms along at 10 mph.

Jack hauls his towing trailer with boat via his remote control jeep truck.  He also enjoys riding his chopper bike and jet ski.  And Jack seems so meek-mannered...