Animal
Assisted Therapy
- This "Super Dog" site features the stories of individual
therapy dogs, most with pictures. Includes an easy form
for submitting your own Therapy Dog story.
Assistance
Animals
- Offers products, links and addresses to major assistance
animal organizations and associations
Canine
Working Companions
- CWC provides service dogs to people with disabilities.
They also train the staff and dogs for the nationally
recognized Eden Alternative for Nursing Homes.
Discovery
Dogs
- We are a unique program whose mission is to promote
self-determination and greater independence by providing
individualized assistance dog training programs for people
with disabilities.
Dog
Play
- Taking pets, especially dogs, visiting people in health
care facilities; therapy ranges from mental and physical
stimulation; petting the dogs, formal supervised therapy
addressing a particular situation.
Dog-Play:
Joining a Therapy Dog Group
- Finding someone to certify your dog is often a frustrating
experience. The evaluations offered by the national organizations
aren't always as frequent and convenient as you might
like.
Giving
Unconditional Love
- Fido’s for Freedom is a volunteer assistance dog
training organization in Baltimore. The URL takes you
to the Therapy Dog page featuring dozens therapy dog stars.
Each dog has it’s own thumbnail picture which is
linked to a larger picture and short bio’s.
Healing
Dogs
- Describes the psychological healing and support provided
by service dogs, especially companion golden retrievers.
Included are true stories and a psychology contest named
"You vs Your Dog".
Helping
Hounds Ltd.
- The organization was born out of the philosophy that
animals can improve the quality of life at all levels
of society. Helping Hounds is concerned with reaching
the community with an understanding of the importance
of animals in our lives. Visitations to health care facilities,
research, education and art are all avenues that are pursued
by the program.
Infection
Control in Animal Facilitated Therapy
- If you work with a therapy dog partner, it’s a
good idea to read this informative article by Linda Hume,
LPN of Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, NH.
Then follow the link “home” and enjoy traveling
around in the Animal Assisted Therapy site maintained
by RehabNET.
Intermountain
Therapy Animals
- Non-profit organization bringing animal resources to
human needs. Specializing in animal-assisted therapy in
the areas of physical, occupational, speech and psychotherapies.
My
Life as a Therapy Dog
- A former racing greyhound named Jordan briefly "tells"
his story of spreading love as a registered Pet Therapy
dog.
My
Therapy Puppy!
- A Belgian Tervuren puppy named Shadow visits his senior
citizen friends weekly. Site includes photographs, stories,
links and animal assisted therapy resources.
Pacific
Animal Therapy Society
- Pet visitations improve the wellbeing of the sick, elderly,
lonely and shut-ins. P.A.T.S pets come in all shapes and
sizes. While most are dogs, P.A.T.S. therapy pets include
cats, rabbits, birds, goats, even a llama, a miniature
horse, and a snake.
Perennial
Australian Shepherd Therapy Dogs
- An informative site that answers the question "What
do therapy dogs do?" Includes photos and links and suggestions
for helping your Fido become a therapy dog.
Pet-Assisted
Therapy
- This site describes the pet assisted therapy program
in place at the San Diego Humane Society.
Sally's
Angels
- is a fun site about and for service dogs. Service
dogs are our passion. Be sure to visit TLCSD, Tender
Loving Canine Service dogs, to read about their unique
way of training service dogs.
SHAREing
the Love
- site describes the Marin Humane Society’s SHARE
program in Novato, California
Therapy
Dogs - Getting Started
- If you’re considering becoming part of a therapy
dog team, here’s a wonderful place to get lots of
information on how to get started.
Utah
Animal-Assisted Therapy Association
- We are a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake
City dedicated to bringing comfort, love, and hope to
those in need through the miracle of the human-animal
bond.
Golden
Therapy
- From the on-line archives of the Spokesman Review comes
this short feature story of Cedrick the Golden Retriever.
(February 23, 1999)
Rottweilers
can be friends, therapy dogs, too
- An entertaining article from the on-line edition of
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a rescued Rottweiler
with a new and rewarding job. (February 17, 1999)
What
About Dolphin Assisted Therapy?
- This is an interesting article published in “Whales
Alive!”, The Quarterly Publication of Cetacean Society
International, describing the down side to Dolphin Assisted
Therapy. (April 2, 1998)
Therapy
dog helps Newark students
- “Courier-Gazette Digital Edition” story of
a retired guide dog turned therapy dog that works in a
Newark high school classroom. Includes photo. (November
19, 1997)
Mastiffs
offer therapeutic companionship
- The story of four giant mastiffs and their new-found
roles as therapy dogs. By Tara Maguire at the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal. (February 25, 1997)
