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 Animal Assisted Activities and Therapy (AAA/T) Resources and Information While we have included our favorite resources, this list is by no means intended to be comprehensive of all information available. Contact your local humane society or obedience training professional or organization to find more information. | ||||||||||||||
General Information American Kennel Club (AKC) Headquarters 260 Madison Ave New York, NY 10016 (212) 696-8200 www.akc.org This organization provides information on AKC-affiliated clubs and classes, as well as information on obtaining the Canine Good Citizen credential and patch to add to a therapy dog vest. www.dog play.com/therapy.html This internet site provides a list of resources about animal assisted activities and therapy. It lists additional state programs and contact information. Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) 1555 East Statford Avenue Suite 400 Salt Lake City, UT 84106 (801) 272-3439 www.therapyanimals.org This Delta Society affiliate provides information about how to become credentialed to participate in the Reading Education Assistance Dog (READ) program as well as other information. The mission of the R.E.A.D. program is to improve the literacy skills of children through the assistance of registered Pet Partner therapy teams as literacy mentors. Latham Foundation 1826 Clement Avenue Alameda, CA 95401 (510) 521-0920 www.latham.org This organization provides pamphlets, books, and videos on various aspects of the human-animal bond. If you are looking for research support on the how visiting animals benefit patients, seniors ,and others, this is a place to start. The Latham Letter is published regularly to address studies and emerging issues. North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) PO Box 33150 Denver, CO 80233 www.narha.org This organization is the equine credentialing body, and is an excellent resource for hippotherapy information. Pawsitive Connection 1207 East Elm Street Fayetteville, AR 72703 www.geocities.com/pawsitiveconnection This web site has pages that describe the screening process (Delta Society guidelines) for their program, communicable disease concerns (zoonoses), outlines methods of enhancing therapeutic treatments, and answers frequently asked questions. Pets and People, Companions in Therapy and Service P.O. Box 604 Citronelle, AL 36522 (251) 455-7866 www.petsandpeople.org This web site provides information about education and certification of therapy animals. Therapy Pets Animal Assisted Therapy P.O. Box 10265 Fargo, ND 58106-0265 (701) 588-4592 www.therapypets.com Here you will find links to therapy dog volunteer organizations and therapeutic riding and hippotherapy programs. back to top National & International Therapy Dog Registries Delta Society 875 – 124th Ave NE, Suite 101 Bellevue, WA 98005-2531 (425) 226-7357 (425) 235-1076 (fax) info@deltasociety.org www.deltasociety.org This organization provides information on the requirements for membership as well as credentialing. Delta provides instructors and training materials to teach the skills needed to visit safely with an animal in hospitals, nursing homes, classrooms, and other facilities. Regular publications keep participants up to date on emerging issues, research, and a wide variety of information on the human - animal relationship. With successful completion of the registration requirements you receive liability insurance, referrals to facilities, newsletters, and continuing education opportunities as well as networking support. Therapy Dogs International, Inc. 88 Bartley Road Flanders, NJ 07836 (973) 252-9800 (973) 252-7171 (fax) tdi@gti.net www.tdi-dog.org Therapy Dogs International, Inc. (TDI) is a volunteer group organized to provide qualified handlers and their therapy dogs for visitations to institutions, facilities, and any other place where therapy dogs are needed. Therapy Dogs, Inc. PO Box 5868 Cheyenne, WY 82003 (877) 843-7364 (307) 638-2079 (fax) therdog@sisna.com www.therapydogs.com It is a goal of Therapy Dogs Inc. to help dog owners use their dogs for therapy work in various places such as nursing homes, hospitals and schools, as well as work with the mentally and physically handicapped. The St. John’s Ambulance Therapy Dogs (Canada) St. John Ambulance Halton Hills PO Box 145, Norval Ontario, Canada LOP 1K0 (905) 873-8442 (905) 873-7646 fax www.sja.ca back to top Equipment and Supplies Drs. Foster and Smith 2353 Air Park Road PO Box 100 Rhinelander, WI 54501-0100 1-800-826-7206 customerservice@DrsFoster.com www.DrsFosterSmith.com This company sells a wide variety of animal supplies and information including the Mucklucks (snow boots) that Rocky and Jasper wear during snowy weather. Ruffrider 2980 Sugarloaf Road Boulder, CO 80302 (720) 249-2986 www.ruffrider.com This site offers a popular and well-made travel harnesses that is used by many therapy dogs. This is helpful to ensure the therapy dog’s safety while riding in an automobile. Sitstay 5831 N. 58th Street Lincoln, NE 68507 (800) SITSTAY www.sitstay.com This web site offers many useful items. This is were we purchased the therapy dog related patches which Rocky and Jasper wear on their vests when working at the agency. Snoot Loops 102 Canton Court Brooklyn, New York 11229 (800) 339-9505 (718) 891-4200 (718) 891-0741 (fax) www.snootloop.com animbehav@aol.com This company sells the head halter that we initially used for training Rocky. It is an excellent halter for initial training or for on-going use for younger, more energetic dogs. Softouch Concepts 29572 Union City Blvd. Union City, CA 94587 (866) 305-6145 www.Softouchconcepts.com This company offers the SENSE-ation and SENSE-ible harnesses. The SENSE-ible harness is the one we use with Rocky as it appears he finds it most comfortable. Wolf Packs 1940 Soda Mountain Road, #I Ashland, OR 97520 (541) 482-7669 www.wolfpacks.com This is where we purchased the plain, green work vest that we used during Rocky’s training (we added the “in training” patches we purchased from Sitstay.com”. This allowed Rocky to become familiar with wearing a vest. We then later added his therapy dog patches when he became credentialed. They offer other pet equipment as well. back to top National Dog Trainer Organizations The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) 5096 Sand Road SE Iowa City, IA 52240-8217 1-800-PET-DOGS 1-800-738-3647 information@apdt.com www.apdt.com The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) is a professional organization of individual trainers who are committed to becoming better trainers through education. They refer, but do not endorse, members listed in their membership directory to clients who call or visit our webpage on a daily basis looking for a trainer in their area. National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI) Attn: Corresponding Secretary PMB #369 729 Grapevine Hwy, Suite 369 Hurst, TX 76054-2085 www.nadoi org International Association of Canine Professionals PO Box 5601156 Monverde, FL 34756-0156 (407) 469-2008 (407) 469-7127 iacp@mindspring.com www.dogpro.org back to top | ||||||||||||||
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Pets and People: Companions in Therapy and Service PO Box 40143 Mobile, AL 36640 www.petsandpeople.org back to top Arkansas Pawsitive Connection 1207 East Elm Street Fayetteville, AR 72703 www.geocities.com/pawsitiveconnection back to top Arizona Companion Animal Association of Arizona PO Box 5006 Scottsdale, AZ 85251-5006 www.caaainc.org Gabriel’s Angels, Inc. 4855 E. Warner Rd. Suite 24, PMB 102 Phoenix, AZ 85044 www.petshelpingkids.com Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT) PO Box 30584 Tucson, AZ 85751 www.horseweb.com/client/trot/index.htm Tucson Area Pet Partners 10567 N. Camino Rosas Nuevas Tucson, AZ 85737 www.volunteersolutions.org/agency/one_178848.html back to top California CC/SPCA Pet Facilitated Therapy 103 S. Hughes Fresno, CA 93706-1207 www.unitedpaws.com/ccspca/therapy.html “Create a Smile” Animal Assisted Therapy Team 237 Hill Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 www.create-a-smile.org Foundation for Pet-Provided Therapy PO Box 6308 Oceanside, CA 92058 www.loveonaleash.org Friendship Foundation PO Box6525 Albany, CA 94706 www.friendship-foundation.org Furry Friends Pet-Assisted Therapy Services PO Box 5099 San Jose, CA 95150 www.furryfriends.org Lend a Heart-Lend a Hand Animal-Assisted Therapy, Inc. PO Box 60617 Sacramento, CA 95860 www.lendaheart.org San Francisco SPCA Animal-Assisted Therapy Program 2500 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4213 www.sfspca.org/aat/index.shtml Therapy Pets PO Box 32288 Oakland, CA 94604-3588 www.therapypets.org back to top Colorado Cadence Center for Therapeutic Riding PO Box 9009 Durango, CO 81301 www.cadenceriding.com The Children’s Hospital Prescription Pet Program www.thechildrenshospital.org/give/volunteer/pet.aspx The children’s hospital in Denver offers a dog assisted therapy and visitation program. Colorado Boys Ranch PO Box 681 La Junta, CO 81050 www.coloradoboysranch.org/cbrweb/site Colorado Therapy Animals P.O. Box 549 Lafayette, Colorado 80026-0549 Office: 303-287-9191 www.coloradotherapyanimals.org Denver Pet Partners PO Box 270113 Littleton, CO 81207 www.denverpetpartners.org This Delta Society affiliate is the organization that both Jasper and Rocky work with in the Denver area. Freedom Service Dogs, Inc. PO Box 150217 Lakewood, CO 80215-0217 Phone: 303-922-6231 www.freedomservicedogs.org Human-Animal Bond in Colorado (HABIC) Colorado State University School of Social Work 127 Education Building Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1586 (970) 491-2776 (970) 491-7280 (fax) habic@cahs.colostate.edu www.habic.cahs.colostate.edu HABIC (Human-Animal bond in Colorado) is a program that celebrates the bond between humans and their companion animals, and puts that bond to action in service programs that provide an environment of animal-assisted activities and animal-assisted therapy. They provide training and placement for those interested in becoming credentialed through them. Humane Society of Boulder Valley 2323 55th Street Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 442-4030 www.boulderhumane.org/help/volunteer.htm The Humane Society of Boulder Valley, Boulder, Colorado offers volunteer opportunities in Animal Assisted Therapy. Larimer Animal People Partnership www.colapp.org This Delta Society affiliate provides social visits in the Fort Collins area. Table Mountain Animal Center Pet Therapy Program 4105 Youngfield Service Road Golden, CO 80401 http://www.tablemountainanimals.org back to top Connecticut Tails of Joy Therapy Dog Program Connecticut 233 Willington Hill Road Willington, CT 06279 www.tailsofjoy.org/index.htm back to top Florida Freedom Ride, Inc. PO Box 3741 Winter Park, FL 32790-3741 www.freedomride.com Gulf Coast Chapter Delta Society Pet Partners 10501 FG-CU Boulevard South Ft. Meyers, FL 33965-6565 www.gulfcoastpetpartners.org Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy (SMART) PO Box 9566 Brandenton, FL 34206-9566 www.smartriders.org back to top Georgia Happy Tails Pet Therapy PO Box 767961 Roswell, GA 30076 www.happytailspets.org Dreamworkers 4704 Brownsville Road Powder Springs, GA 30127 www.dogsaver.org/dreamworkers back to top Iowa Miracles in Motion PO Box 14 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-0014 www.miraclesinmotion.net back to top Illinois Chenny Troupe, Inc. 1504 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 www.chennytroupe.org The Lincolnshire Animal Hospital Pet Visitors Group Lincolnshire Animal Hospital 420 Half Day Rd. Lincolnshire, IL 60069 (847) 634-9250 Pegasus Special Riders Flagg and Carthage Roads Oregon, IL (815) 732-3189 www.pegasusspecialriders.org back to top Indiana People and Pets Together 214 E. Maple Street Jeffersonville, IN 47131 www.clmassistance.org/peoplepets.htm back to top Kansas Serenata Farms School of Equestrian Arts – Horses Helping Humans 1895 East 56 Road at Big Springs Lecompton, KS 66050 www.volunteermatch.org/orgs/org39574.html back to top Kentucky Exceptional Equitation Spruce Point Farm 2107 Massie School Rd. La Grange, KY 40031 www.exceptional-equitation.org Wags Pet Therapy of Kentucky, Inc. PO Box 91436 Louisville, KY 40291-1436 www.kywags.org back to top Louisiana Visiting Vet Program 5831 South Johnson Street New Orleans, LA 70125 www.visitingpetprogram.org back to top Massachusetts Dog B.O.N.E.S. 17 Bradshaw Street Medford, MA 002155 www.therapydog.info/ back to top Maryland Back to Fitness Therapeutic Riding Eldersberg, MD www.bcpl.net/~gharris/ther.html Great Strides Therapeutic Riding PO Box 451 Damascus, MD 20872 www.greatstrides.org back to top Maine Equest Therapeutic Riding Center PO Box 935 Kennebunk, ME 04043 www.equestmaine.org Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic Riding Route 201 Topsham, ME 04086 www.flyingchanges.org back to top Michigan Children and Horses United in Movement (CHUM) PO Box 14 Mason, MI 48854 www.chumtherapy.org Offering Alternative Therapy with Smiles (OATS) 3090 Weidemann Drive Clarkston, MI 48348 www.oatshrh.org back to top Minnesota Caring Critters of MN, Inc. 2254 Lilac Lane, White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Contact: Carol Ouhl 651-762-1581 E-mail: COuhl@email.msn.com CENSHARE University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center Suite 350 200 Oak Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-2040 phone (612) 626-1975 fax (612) 624-3370 e-mail: censhare@umn.edu www.censhare.umn.edu/AAT.html Helping Paws of Minnesota, Inc. Service Dogs PO Box 634 Hopkins, MN 55343 www.helpingpaws.org/AAAProgram.htm Mounted Eagles Therapeutic Riding Program 3800 Blackbear Road Brainerd, MN 56401 www.mountedeagles.org Pals on Paws 1305 55th Street, NE Rogers, MN www.palsonpaws.org St. Paul Dog Training Club 262 South Saratoga St. South St. Paul, MN 55105 651-455-2431 Twin Cities Tail-Waggers Visiting Dogs Twin Cities Obedience Training Club 2101 Broadway NE, Minneapolis, MN Contact: Carol Ouhl 651-762-1581 E-mail: COuhl@email.msn.com www.tcotc.com/therapy.shtml We'll Come A Waggin Therapy Dogs Visiting Dogs Golden Acres Dog Training 23640 Nacre St, NW, Elk River, MN 55330 Contact: Kelli Johnson 612-441-0089 E-mail: golden-acres@msn.com back to top Missouri Magic Moments Riding Therapy 394 County Lane 125 Diamond, MO 64840 www.ridingtherapy.com Pet Therapy of the Ozarks, Inc. PO Box 9462 Springfield, MO 65801 www.geocities.com/pettherapyoftheozarks Support Dogs, Inc. 3958 Union Road St. Louis, MO 63125 www.supportdogs.org/html/index.shtml back to top Nebraska Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy 29430 Ida Street Valley, NE 68064 www.HETRA.org Paws for Friendship, Inc. PO Box 12243 Omaha, NE 68142 http://pawsforfriendshipinc.org back to top New Hampshire Dog Logic Therapy Dog Team Training Program 3020 Brown Avenue #10 Manchester, NH 03103 www.doglogic.com/therapymain.htm back to top New Jersey Unicorn Handicapped Riding Association Looking Glass Farm 40 Cooper-Tomlinson Road Medford, NJ 80055 www.users.voicenet.com/~unicorn back to top New Mexico Cloud Dancers of the Southwest Equestrian Therapy and Recreation for the disabled P.O. Box 14058 Albuquerque, NM 87191-4058 (505) 363-1277 www.cdsw.home.comcast.net Heart Hospital of New Mexico www.hearthospitalnm.com/pettherapy.asp JUVENILE DETENTION AND YOUTH SERVICES CENTER www.bernco.gov/live/departments.asp?dept=2337&submenuid=2756 back to top New York Astride, Inc. PO Box 5241 Syracuse, NY 13220 Long Island Riding for the Handicapped PO Box 352 Glen Head, NY 115743 www.lirha.com Pal-O-Mine Equestrian 33 Lloyd Harbor Road Huntington, NY 11743 www.pal-o-mine.org Winslow Therapeutic Riding Unlimited 340A South Route 94 Warwick, NY 1099 www.winslow.org back to top Ohio Doggie Brigade Akron Children’s Hospital One Perkins Square Akron, OH 44308 www.akronchildrens.org/cms/site/f36aa217cedc4097/index.html Equine Assisted Therapy 7908 Myers Road Centerburg, OH 43011 www.equineassistedtherapy.org Miami Valley Pet Therapy Association 3614 Knollwood Drive Beavercreek, OH 45432 www.mvpta.org back to top Oklahoma Paws for Friendship Oklahoma City, OK www.pawsforfriendshipinc.org/ Oregon Adaptive Riding Institute PO Box 280 Scotts Mills, OR 97330 www.open.org/~horses88 Equitopia 1885 NW 9th Street Corvallis, OR 97330 www.riverbottomstables.com/equitopia.php Project Pooch Oregon Youth Authority MacLaren School 2630 North Pacific Highway Woodburn, OR 97071 www.pooch.org RideAble 85873 Lorane Highway Eugene, OR 97405 www.rideable.org back to top Pennsylvania Animal Friends Pet Therapy Program 2643 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 www.animal-friends.org/site/petassist.jsp The Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association (CATRA) PO Box 339 Grantville, PA 17028 www.catra.net back to top South Carolina Charleston Counseling & Support Services PO Box 30082 Charleston, SC 29417 www.geocities.com/animalassistedtherapy/ SCDogs Therapy Group Clemson University Clemson, SC www.scdogs.org back to top Tennessee Chattanooga Therapeutic Riding Center 8395 Morin Road Chattanooga, TN 37421 (423) 899-9407 msondra@hotmail.com www.thectrc.org Did They See Me Do It? 341 Floyd Road Eagleville, TN 37060 (615) 274-2038 dtsmdic@yahoo.com Freedom Friends 488 Fergus Lane Tullahoma, TN (931) 455-2869 www.freedomfriends.net jjranch@bellsouth.net Horse Play, Inc. P.O. Box 393 Tullahoma, TN 37388 (931) 455-7044 www.cafes.net/horseplay Saddle Up! 1549 Old Hillsboro Road Franklin, TN 37069 www.saddleupnashville.org/links/index.php back to top Texas All Star Equestrian Center 6601 FM 2738 Mansfield, TX 76028 www.geocities.com/allstarfound Faithful Friends Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Ministry 207 Briarwood Court League City, TX 77573 www.faithfulfriendsaat.org The Healing Hounds In association with The Dog Training Club of Dallas County, Inc. 604 Crestside Duncanville, TX (972) 780-7698 Ride On Center for Kids (ROCK) PO Box 2422 Georgetown, TX 78628 www.rockride.org Riding Unlimited 9168 T.N. Skiles Road Ponder, TX 76259 www.ridingunlimited.org Self-Improvement through Riding Education (SIRE) Route 2, Box 56 Hockley, TX 77447 www.sire-htec.org/newSite/default.shtm SPCA of Texas and Dallas County Youth Village Dog Obedience Training Program 362 South Industrial Boulevard Dallas, TX 75207 back to top Utah Intermountain Therapy Animals 1555 East Statford Avenue Suite 400 Salt Lake City, UT 84106 (801) 272-3439 www.therapyanimals.org Utah Animal-Assisted Therapy Association PO Box 18771 Salt Lake City, UT 84118-8771 www.uaata.org/atwork.html back to top Vermont Therapy Dogs of Vermont (TDV) 7828 Vermont Route 105 East Charleston, VT 05833 www.therapydogs.org back to top Virginia Animal-Assisted Crisis Response Association c/o Lois C. Hardy 5314 Sunrise Shore Chincoteague, VA 23336 www.aacra.org A Leg Up Therapeutic Riding Center for the Handicapped PO Box 1257 Abingdon, VA 22212 Paws for Health 2519 Hermitage Road Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 643-6758 www.richmondspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=newcompanion The Shiloh Project 12210 Fairfax Town Center PMB #902 Fairfax, VA 22033 www.animalconcerns.org/resource.html?itemid=20000609213933528196&catid=5 back to top Washington Reading with Rover 8902 222nd Street, S.E. Woodinville, WA 98072 www.readingwithrover.com Sirius Healing Animal-Assisted Activities and Therapy Provider and Trainer 12046 12th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98125 www.siriushealing.com back to top Wisconsin Stable Hands Therapeutic Riding Program for the Disabled 3501 Swan Avenue Wausau, WI 54401 www.webpages.charter.net/stablehands back to top Canada Pacific Animal Therapy Society (PATS) 9412 Laurie’s Lane Sidney, British Columbia Canada V8L 4L2 www.pettherapysociety.com/ The Pet Therapy Society of Northern Alberta 330-9768 170 Street Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5T 5L4 paws.shopalberta.com back to top |
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