Assistance Pets and Other Information Related to Charitable Pet Organizations

Assistance Animals, Service Dogs, Therapy Pets & other Working Animals Helping the Disabled and the Mentally Impaired.

Assistance Pets


	When we started this site, we realized that our experience of blindness didn't rise much beyond Melissa Gilbert in Helen Keller and a cute yellow lab on a long leash. Our research revealed that so much is involved in creating this relationship that extends way beyond training a dog to lead someone with impaired vision. Ever think about how one goes about using a cane? Giving commands to the dog? Training a dog to assist a child or beddridden octogenarian? Some of our featured organizations below do just that. Please visit them and our sponsors.

Guide Dogs For The Blind

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	Guide Dogs for the Blind provides Guide Dogs and training in their use to visually impaired people throughout the United States and Canada. The program is provided entirely free of charge to qualified applicants (including the Guide Dog, transportation, room and board, the costs of training and support services for the life of the dog), thanks to the generosity of donors and support of volunteers. It receives no government funding. Where do they get their dogs? There are more than 1,000 volunteer puppy raisers for the organization throughout the Western states who socialize the pups from an early age before they are returned to the school for formal guidework training by the organization's licensed Guide Dog instructors. For more information about Guide Dogs for the Blind, please visit their website at www.guidedogs.com

Canine Companions for Independence

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We've all seen dogs leading the blind, but turning on a light switch? This is just one of the many things that organizations like Canine Companions for Independence can train dogs to do. In fact, it pioneered the concept of training dogs to assist people with physical disabilities and opened the door for hundreds of men, women and children with physical disabilities to take charge of their lives instead of being dependent on others.

Canine Companions come from CCIs own breeding program. They live with volunteer puppy raisers for a year and half to be socialized and to receive basic obedience training. To apply for a Canine Companion or to learn how to become a puppy raiser, contact the nearest Regional office at 800-572-BARK or visit them at www.cci.org. CCI is a fully accredited member of Assistance Dogs International (ADI).

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