Animal Assisted Therapy Pets Recreation

Non-profit organization bringing animal resources to human needs. Specializing in animal-assisted therapy in the areas of physical, occupational, speech and psychotherapies.

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Therapy Dogs International

- A national registrar. Provides qualified handlers and their therapy dogs for visits. Training and testing programs.
Delta Society Therapy Animals

- A national registrar. Training and screening for people who want to visit hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities with their animals.

Thera-Paws - El Paso Chapter of Therapy Dogs International. Volunteers with their animal assisted therapy TDI Certified dogs provide emotional support, education, and other aid animal assisted therapy to various groups.
Pets on Wheels, Charles County - Arranges for volunteers and their pets to visit residents of nursing homes and provide pet facility therapy. Emphasis on patients with impaired cognitive abilities. Charles County, Maryland.
Pets on Wheels - A pet visitation therapy program serving some 16 animal assisted therapy health care centers in Scottsdale, AZ. The benefits animal assisted therapy of visits. How to start a similar program. animal assisted therapy Some members teach pet care to second graders.
Personal Ponies Ltd. - This non-profit provides miniature Shetland ponies to terminally ill or pets disabled children. Active in most U.S. states.
Potential Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy for Children with Special Needs - For children with special needs, the ability to interact with pets a dog, cat, or other furry friend can have a pets very positive impact upon their quality of life.
Heart of Texas Therapy Dogs - Animal Assisted Therapy dog organization in Dallas metro area. Membership information and where they visit. Affiliated with Therapy Dogs, Inc.
Inmates Get Therapy from Pets - Program at Autry State Prison, Georgia. Visits by animal assisted therapy dogs relieve depression and teach responsibility. Almost animal assisted therapy 400 of the 1500 inmates participate. [WALB-TV]
Lincoln Pet Partners - Pet therapy animals and handlers certified by Delta pets Society visit health care facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska. pets How to participate.
Pals on Paws - A Minnesota chapter of (TDI) Therapy Dogs International in the animal assisted therapy northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities. Trained dogs and partners animal assisted therapy cheer patients and staff at local hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, animal assisted therapy and other facilities.
Toledo K9 MASH - Members visit hospitals and nursing homes giving comfort pets and companionship animal assisted therapy to children and adults. Use of pets therapy dogs, contact, calendar, animal assisted therapy and pictures. Affiliate of pets Therapy Dogs International
Therapaws of Michigan, Inc. - Canine-assisted therapy dog visits. Promotes the human-animal bond animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy in therapeutic and educational settings.
Nationwide Therapy Dog Listings and More - Articles about training visiting dogs and the benefits of pet therapy. Links to many groups in the U.S. and Canada and other resources.
585 Area Cat Handicap Training - Cats and kittens trained for handicapped persons. Companion animal assisted therapy pets kittens selected according to personality for a client\\'s animal assisted therapy pets needs.
Teamwork Dog Training - A therapy dog class in Raleigh, North Carolina. recreation Description of the Pet Partners Skills Test.
Nose-to-Nose - Book about a therapy dog in the United States, as pets well as general information about this form of training and pets service.
Furry Friends Pet Assisted Therapy Services - Delivering the love and affection of volunteers and recreation their pets to enhance lives and reopen closed recreation emotional doors of people with special needs. Where recreation they go. How to help. San Jose, CA.
Pets Helping People - Non-profit organization prepares people to use their pets pets in visits pets to nursing homes, schools, and half-way pets houses. Certifies animals in pets Canine Good Citizen, Feline pets Good Citizen, and Therapy Dog International. pets Serves Southeastern pets Wisconsin. Based in New B
Prescription Pet Program - RxPets dog assisted therapy started in 1984 by Children\\'s Hospital pets and Denver Area Veterinary Medical Society. Almost half the inpatients pets at The Children\\'s Hospital are offered a dog visit every pets day.
Dreamworkers, Inc. - Helps dog and cat owners in the Atlanta pets area to volunteer their pets for animal assisted pets therapy and activity. Also helps find service dog pets volunteers.
Charleston Counseling Support Services - Focus is on training, information, and certification for animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy pet therapy. Discusses other "expressive therapies." Offers regular animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy continuing education workshops. Charleston, South Carolina.
TherapyPets - California - Non-profit promotes animal assisted therapy. Benefits both the recreation volunteer and animal assisted therapy those visited. Oakland, California.
Therapy Dogs - Getting Started - Advice, contacts, and links. Selection and training of animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy the animal for pet therapy work.
People and Animal Learning Services - PALS, Inc. is a therapeutic riding program for recreation children and adults with disabilities.
Visiting Dogs - An article by the owner of Jake on animal assisted therapy recreation doing therapy dog visits.
Healing Dogs - Describes the psychological healing and support provided by recreation service dogs, recreation especially companion golden retrievers. Included are recreation true stories and a recreation psychology contest named "You recreation vs Your Dog".
What is Animal Assisted Therapy? - Crossroads Group Home uses an Animal Assisted Therapy animal assisted therapy program stressing the benefits of animals and birds animal assisted therapy of many varieties to its residents.
Therapet Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation - Non-profit to facilitate use of animals in healing and rehabilitation of acute and chronically ill individuals. Education of volunteers, animals, and health care professionals.
Sirius Healing of Seattle - An animal assisted therapy and animal assisted activity pets program in pets Seattle, Washington. Therapy dog training to pets Delta Society Pet Partners pets standards.
Pet Express - Pet Therapy Club - Kids, pets, and seniors. Pet Therapy Express is recreation a complete pets instruction manual on how to set recreation up an intergenerational and pets pet therapy program in recreation a seniors facility. Purchase training guide pets and video.
Therapy Dogs of St. John's Newfoundland - Animal-assisted therapy is accepted as a therapeutic intervention recreation which promotes positive and beneficial health effects. Description recreation of their program and pictures of their animals.
Dr. Paws - Michigan - How to get your dog certified for pet recreation therapy. Testing animal assisted therapy and activities in several Michigan cities.
Intermountain Therapy Animals - Non-profit organization bringing animal resources to human pets needs. Specializing in animal-assisted therapy in the areas pets of physical, occupational, speech and psychotherapies.
Rottweilers Can Be Friends, Therapy Dogs, Too - An entertaining article about a rescued Rottweiler with recreation a new pets and rewarding job. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Therapy Dogs - Links to therapy dogs, animal-assisted therapy, and animal-assisted animal assisted therapy pets services, from Dog-Play.
Angel on a Leash - Pet therapy program of Westminster Kennel Club in recreation New York pets City. Involvement of dogs in treatment recreation makes physical therapy fun pets for young patients.
High Desert Obedience Club "Pet Pals" - Pictures of their therapy dogs in action. Training recreation and testing animal assisted therapy available. In Antelope Valley and Lancaster, recreation California.
Caring Canines: Boston Pet Therapy Program - Typical visit to nursing home is four to animal assisted therapy six dogs in a community room. Other programs animal assisted therapy include a crises response team. Pictures of the animal assisted therapy animals and friends. Visiting Therapy Dogs, Inc.
National Capital Therapy Dogs, Inc. - The Caring Canines: offers Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) services, primarily to health care facilities in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas. How to volunteer. How to have them visit a facility.
Bark Avenue on Parade - Therapy Dogs - Provides certification and training to dog and handler teams as well as continuing education regarding animal assisted therapy. A non-profit charitable organization in St Paul - Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Denver Pet Partners - Training and evaluations for people and their pets pets interested in pets animal-assisted activities and therapy. Affiliated of pets Delta Society.
Dog Play - Taking pets, especially dogs, visiting people in health care facilities; recreation therapy ranges from mental and physical stimulation; petting the dogs, recreation formal supervised therapy addressing a particular situation.
Pacific Animal Therapy Society - Pet visitations improve the wellbeing of the sick, elderly, lonely recreation and shut-ins. P.A.T.S pets come in all shapes and recreation sizes. While most are dogs, P.A.T.S. therapy pets recreation include cats, rabbits, birds, goats, even a llama, a miniature recreation horse, and a snake.
Caring Critters - People and their animals participate in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) activities. Over 200 volunteers visit over 20 facilities in the greater Houston area. A non-profit organization.
Alternative Solutions in Long Term Care - Animal Assisted and Pet Therapy Web Site for animal assisted therapy long term care. Information on how to set animal assisted therapy up a pet therapy clubs with children Also animal assisted therapy government regulations, nursing home information, links and animal assisted therapy resources to get you started in pet therapy.
The Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs - Non-profit organization evaluates, tests, trains, qualifies, and supports therapy dogs recreation for the purpose of giving loving and empathic support in recreation a variety of facilities where emotional service dogs are indispensable. recreation Qualified members receive benefits incl
Hand-In-Paw - Provides registered Delta Society Pet Partner teams as pets therapeutic tools in medical, social service, and pets educational settings. An Alabama non-profit.
Pets On Wheels, Delmarva - Volunteer teams of pet and handler visit nursing homes, assisted living homes, homes for the handicapped, and other facilities. On some days, a visit may be the only contact from the outside world for a resident.
Dog-Play: Joining a Therapy Dog Group - Finding someone to certify your dog is often a frustrating animal assisted therapy experience. The evaluations offered by the national organizations aren\\'t always animal assisted therapy as frequent and convenient as you might like.
Oklahoma Dog Programs - Combines three sites. American Dog Obedience: school for animal assisted therapy therapy dogs and handlers. Reaching People Through Dogs: animal assisted therapy for educators, health care professionals, and volunteers around animal assisted therapy the US. Petworks in Progress: non-profit group of animal assisted therapy therapy dog volunteers in c
AATProfessionals Listserve - Practice Animal Assisted Therapy, or for persons who pets intend to use AAT after completing their degree pets programs, exams, licensures.
Service Dogs for Victims of Assault - Non-profit organization which uses dogs as therapeutic aids animal assisted therapy for victims of assault. Includes information about the animal assisted therapy dogs used and their training.
Paws With A Purpose - Non-profit pet therapy organization in Asheville North Carolina recreation provides dogs recreation to schools, hospitals, and retirement homes.
Pet Therapy, Pets and Stress Relief - Therapeutic use of pets for a wide variety recreation of patients. Animals provide comfort and bring out recreation our nurturing instinct. They make us feel safe recreation and unconditionally accepted. We can just be ourselves.
Prison Pet Partnership Program - Inmates at a correctional facility for women learn pets how to pets train, groom, and board dogs within pets the prison walls. A pets feeling of satisfaction directly pets contributes to the mental and physical pets wellness of pets all who are involved.
PAWS - Pets Are Wonderful Support - Companions for disabled and others in need of recreation the stimulation animal assisted therapy that pets can provide. Offers program recreation description and contacts. Orange animal assisted therapy County, CA.
Visiting Pet Program - A New Orleans non-profit. Hospital and nursing home visits by animal assisted therapy a variety of mix-breed and pedigreed dogs and cats, guinea animal assisted therapy pigs, and rabbits. All animals have been temperament tested during animal assisted therapy Pet and Handler Evaluation Days.
Mastiffs Offer Therapeutic Companionship - The story of four giant mastiffs and their animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy new-found roles as therapy dogs. [Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, TX]
Jackie's List - A directory of Animal Assisted Therapy programs and services. recreation Site is in Fargo, North Dakota, but recreation the list covers all of the United States.
Therapy Dogs Inc. - Helping People Nationwide - A national registrar. Helps dog owners use their animal assisted therapy pets for therapy work. Qualifications of therapy dogs. animal assisted therapy How to have a safe visit.
My Therapy Puppy - A Belgian Tervuren puppy named Shadow visits his animal assisted therapy senior citizen friends weekly. Photographs, stories, links and animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy resources.
Teton County PAL - People Animal Love is a pet partner program animal assisted therapy pets in Jackson, Wyoming. Volunteers visit others to provide animal assisted therapy pets them with the benefits of contact with an animal assisted therapy pets animal.
Blind Students Love These Dog Days - Garnet, a 75 pound shepherd, helps students at Perkins School pets for the Blind. She adjusts her level of play to pets a child\\'s ability. The dog has protected some students by pets sensing an oncoming seizure. [The Boston Globe]
Utah Animal-Assisted Therapy Association - Non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City dedicated to bringing animal assisted therapy comfort, love, and hope to those in need through the animal assisted therapy miracle of the human-animal bond.
Therapy Dog Team Training Program - Lyn Richards talks about the requirements for a recreation good therapy dog. From her DogLogic.com site.
Fidos for Freedom, Inc. - Fidos for Freedom is a volunteer assistance dog training organization in Baltimore. Includes information about volunteering, and service, hearing and therapy dogs.
Visits to the Elderly from Active Therapy Visiting Dogs - The loneliness of the terminally ill and elderly animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy is relieved by visits from approved dogs. The animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy health benefits of pets. Over 4500 volunteers in animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy the United Kingdom.
Paws & Hearts - Enrich the lives of seniors and children with pets one-on-one attention pets that only a four-legged healer can pets provide." In Palm Desert, pets CA.
Pets on Wheels, Fairfax - Volunteers and their pets provide pet therapy to recreation improve the recreation quality of life of area nursing recreation home residents. Fairfax, Virginia.
North Star Foundation - A nonprofit that breeds, trains, and places golden pets retrievers with recreation children who have developmental disabilities, autism, pets physical challenges, or emotional recreation problems.
Comfort Caring Canines Therapy Dogs, Inc. - Caring volunteers share the love of their canine campanions with pets others. Visits seniors, children, and hospitals in southeastern PA, NJ, pets DE, and MD area. How to socialize a puppy for pets later therapy dog work.
Companion Animal Association of Arizona - Their social pet therapy program includes training and qualification for pets volunteers and their animals. Phoenix, Arizona.
Happy Tails Pet Therapy - Paws that Heal. What they do and how pets to volunteer. Atlanta, Georgia.
Dog Visitation Program Overview, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati - The Children\\'s Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Dog Visitation program animal assisted therapy recruits, screens, and trains teams of volunteer dogs and their animal assisted therapy handlers to visit pediatric patients.
Pet Therapy Society of Northern Alberta - Training, support, and coordination of volunteers and companion animals for pets animal-assisted therapy and animal-assisted activity. Offers visitation in healthcare settings, pets activity programs for clients with disabilities and literacy program for pets children.
Dog B.O.N.E.S. - A network of Massachusetts therapy dog volunteers. How to get animal assisted therapy involved. Getting your dog certified. Links to sites in Massachusetts animal assisted therapy seeking therapy dog visits.
Helping Hounds Ltd. - These greyhound owners share their hounds with the animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy community through health care facility visits, research, education, animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy and art. Animals can improve the quality of animal assisted therapy animal assisted therapy life at all levels of society. Memphis, TN.
Pets on Wheels of Prince George's County, Maryland - A non-profit organization dedicated to providing friendly pet pets visitation for recreation residents and senior citizens of nursing pets care facilities. Events, volunteers, recreation and donations.
Tails of Joy - Animal Assisted Therapy - Provides therapeutic benefit to challenged people through the animal assisted therapy use of animals. Support and training in pet animal assisted therapy therapy. Connecticut. Volunteers certified by Delta Society Pet animal assisted therapy Partners or Therapy Dogs International.
Pawsitive Connection - Promotes animal assisted healthcare in Arkansas. Describes a pets variety of training and testing. Other activities include pets helping sick people care for their pets.
Therapy Dogs, Singapore - Provides pet-assisted therapy (PAT) to meet the physical pets and emotional animal assisted therapy needs of the underprivileged. Find mission pets statement, links, articles, and animal assisted therapy information on recent visits.
animaLINK - Michigan non-profit that works to improve lives through animal assisted therapy pets beneficial human-animal interactions. Program areas include therapeutic, animal assisted therapy pets companion, and working animal services.
DOGTORS Animal-Assisted Therapy - Training and certification of Animal-Assisted Therapy teams in recreation the Miami recreation Valley area of Ohio. Home of recreation DOGTORS University and DOGTORS recreation On-Call Emergency Services.
Central Ohio Good Shepherds - COGS: Therapy dogs visit institutions, facilities, and other locations in the Columbus Metropolitan area. A TDI chapter. Photo gallery and a list of facilities.
Project Pooch at MacLaren Correctional Facility - When incarcerated youth offenders train homeless dogs, both get a animal assisted therapy new leash on life. In Woodburn, Oregon.
Animal-Assisted Therapy & Activities - A guide to resources about pet therapy, courses, animal assisted therapy and the links between animal abuse, domestic violence animal assisted therapy and child abuse.

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