Tina,
It's really no big thing. I've taken a relatively goodbackpack that also had a strap that fit across the chest. Iput the backpack on backwards, by that I mean I insert my arms throughthe shoulderstraps with the back facing forward, to the front.
I put the orginal chest strap around my back to support the "chestpack"in place, then buckle up the waist strap, with the buckle in the smallof my back, instead of vice versa. It takes longer to typethis than to do it, physically.
I've zippered open the pack half way, and folded over the openedsection into the inside of the the pack. Depending upon thesize of the rabbit I am carrying, I either insert, or remove, towel"packing" that alters the interior area of the pack to deepen it, ormake it shallower, as the case may be and is warranted.
The subsidiary little pockets and patches on the pack serve to carrygear, such as sun bonnets, winter hats,leashes, harnesses, lintrollers,etc. easily and securely. The half-opened top, onthis particular up-scale backpack, has an additional, secondary meshcover that can be used in lieu of the fabric cover, and if zipperedentirely closed would keep the rabbit(s) securely within, whilemaintaining full ventilation and breathing capacity.
Buns are usually carried with their head and shoulders visible, so thatthey may see what is going on, and they may be seen bypassersby. The reactions, both from buns and people are,indeed, priceless; as the buns act as supreme PR examples forkeeping rabbits as pets, in general. You would be surprisedto learn how many "closet" bunny people there are around, or how manypeople remember their buns of earlier days with so much fondness andnostalgia.
Do try it! Bunny carrying is a hoot! Just don'texpect to get very far without being accosted with tons of questionsand requests to pet the bunny. I have told the remaining,very few, single men in our acqaintance that bunnies are babe magnets,and a man could not help but to meet so many wonderful and lovingwomen, while at the same time, demonstratinghis own"sensitivity" to those self-same women. Most I've recommendedit to have shivered at the thought, in their "macho-ness,"but they really don't know what kind of opportunity they are missing.
In the mean time, I am having a ball with the bunnies. MrsBuck is invariably present, so she keeps me out of trouble.*chuckle*
Is there a fee that Delta Society charges for this pet therapytraining? If so, how much? Is this society anationally accredited organization in some manner? .orgwebsites implies that, does it not? Don't mean to beproblematical with all my questions, but I am sincerely interested andit seems like you're already involved, and would have the pertinentinformation.
TIA
Buck
