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Offers a complete canine training facility that emphasizes
the use of positive reinforcement based techniques to
promote a trusting, confident and well-mannered dog.
Classes offered in therapy dog training.
This page is a collection of links to other pet therapy
sites on the Web.
At several Shriners Hospitals, pet therapy programs
have helped severely disabled preschoolers utter their
first intelligible words, have helped patients take
their first painful steps after back surgery, and have
helped to instill confidence in teenagers who require
wheelchairs.
The award-winning Prescription Pet Program (also known
as RxPets) at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado,
is a dog-assisted therapy and visitation program.
The leading international resource for the human-animal
bond. Delta Society promotes the results of research
to the media and health and human services organizations
on animals for people's health and well-being.
Consistently facilitate delivery of the love and affection
of our volunteers and their pets by enhancing the lives
and reopening the closed emotional doors of people with
special needs.
A professional organization that provides classes or
private obedience training, individual behavior counseling
for problem solving, lectures and seminars, and other
services for dog owners, veternarians and other pet
fanciers and professionals.
Twice a week, members visit area nursing homes with
their dogs.
Volunteers bring their dogs to designated residential
healthcare facilities to provide interaction with the
residents or patients.
A non-profit organization of dedicated volunteers
and their pets who perform animal-assisted therapy visits
for healthcare facilities, social agencies and special-needs
programs.
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