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.
http://www.dog-play.com/join.html
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.
http://www.therapyanimals.org/
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.
http://www.dog-play.com/therapy.html
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".
http://www.healinghelp.org
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.
http://www.island.net/~patspets
Service and Therapy Dogs:
An introduction to service and therapy dogs.
http://www.cofc.edu/~huntc/service.html
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.
http://www.abap.org/therapy2.htm
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.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/3810
Service Dogs for Victims of Assault:
Non-profit organization which uses dogs as therapeutic aids for
victims of assault. Includes information about the dogs used and
their training.
http://www.dogsaver.org/sdva/
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.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pets/19990217pets.asp
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.
http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/022597/mastiffs.htm
Therapy dog helps Newark students:
Courier-Gazette Digital Edition story of a retired guide dog turned
therapy dog who works in a Newark high school classroom. Includes
photo.
http://www.our-hometown.com/Courier-Gazette/common/news/1997/Nov97news/879975276406.html
Discovery Dogs:
Program whose mission is to promote self-determination and greater
independence by providing individualized assistance dog training
programs for people with disabilities.
http://www.discoverydogs.org/
North Star Dogs:
North Star Foundation is a nonprofit organization that breeds,
trains and places golden retrievers with children who have
developmental disabilities, physical challenges or emotional
problems.
http://www.northstardogs.com/
Giving Unconditional Love:
Fidos 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 its own thumbnail
picture which is linked to a larger picture and short bios.
http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_Therapy_Dogs.htm#Return
Therapy Dog Team Training Program:
Lyn Richards talks about the requirements for a good therapy dog.
From her DogLogic.com site.
http://www.doglogic.com/therapy.htm
Therapy Dogs:
Links to therapy dogs, animal-assisted therapy, and animal-assisted
services, from Dog-Play.
http://www.dog-play.com/therapyl.html
Paws For Health pet visitation program:
Non-profit pet visitation program which uses community volunteers
and their adult dogs to visit hospitalized children.
http://views.vcu.edu/paws
Pet-Assisted Therapy:
Description of the pet assisted therapy program in place at the San
Diego Humane Society.
http://www.sdhumane.org/programs/petassistedtherapy.cfm
SHAREing the Love:
Marin Humane Societys SHARE program in Novato, California.
http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/wwd_SHARE.html
Alternative Solutions in Long Term Care:
Animal Assisted and Pet Therapy Web Site for long term care.
Information on how to set up a pet therapy clubs with children Also
overnment regulations,nursing home information, links and resources
to get you started in pet therapy.
http://www.activitytherapy.com/pet.htm
Utah Animal-Assisted Therapy Association:
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.
http://www.aros.net/~uaata/
Animal-Assisted Therapy & Activities:
A guide to resources about pet therapy, courses, and the links
between animal abuse, domestic violence and child abuse.
http://www.animaltherapy.net
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.
http://www.helpinghounds.org/
Therapy Animals in Loving Service (TAILS):
Tuscon, Arizona, organization bringing pets for visits in nursing
homes, hospitals, and children's homes.
http://hometown.aol.com/tailsforu/
