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Request a Therapy Animal Visit

Therapy animals bring comfort and joy to anyone they visit – in your school, workplace, hospital, or other facility or even after a crisis event in your community.

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Bring joy and inspiration into your workplace with a therapy animal visit. Many people will spend over a third of their lives at work. Reward your hard-working employees with an office visit from a Pet Partners therapy animal team. Learn more about the Workplace Well-being program or request a visit to your workplace .

Thousands of facilities have opened their doors to Pet Partners therapy animal teams. Well-trained and thoroughly screened handlers and their animals can benefit from the health and well-being of people in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, retirement communities, libraries, rehabilitation centers, and many other facilities. Learn more about our facility visits or request a visit to your facility .

Local Pet Partners teams can comfort your community in the wake of a crisis or disaster. Our crisis response teams are trained and credentialed to provide emotional comfort and support to people affected by the impacts of traumatic events. Learn more about the Animal-Assisted Crisis Response program or request a visit in your community .

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Therapet is a non-profit organization that provides Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal Assisted Activities (AAA).

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How can using, animal assisted therapy help.

AAT offers numerous benefits beyond those available through traditional therapies. In this era of managed care and cost reduction, AAT allows therapists to use one treatment tool, an animal, to target a variety of goals. In a hospital setting these goals include, but are not limited to, improving patients’ range of motion, strength and endurance, balance and mobility, and sensation. During the same session, using the animal, cognitive and perceptual deficits can be addressed. The patient also receives psychosocial benefits such as building rapport, increasing self-esteem and motivation, and stress reduction. What other modality offers such a variety of benefits in such a delightful package?

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Animal-Assisted Therapy

Helping patients relax & recover.

Animals make you smile — whether you are watching a funny video or see them in person. In Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), a Pet Partners registered handler and animal team visit you to help you relax and recover. Visits from animal friends has proven to be a great morale boost and can improve your mental and emotional well being. All of the AAT animals are trained therapy pets.

AAT can help you:

  • Reduce anxiety
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Improve deep breathing
  • Strengthen fine motor skills
  • Manage pain
  • Improve emotional and mental well-being
  • Boost your immune system
  • Succeed in physical therapy

Talk to one of our nurses to request AAT. For safety reasons, the AAT is restricted from visiting patients who are in insolation precautions, infectious disease precautions, have open wounds or if visits are not recommended by the health care team.

How to Volunteer

AAT services are provided by volunteers who have been registered through Pet Partners. We appreciate your desire to support our patients and request that all volunteers commit to a regular weekly schedule.

In order to volunteer as an AAT handler at our hospital, you must:

  • Register with Pet Partners, a national therapy animal organization
  • Have a dog that is at least one year old. The dog must have a calm temperament and be obedient
  • Have your dog up to date on all mandatory vaccinations
  • Complete the CentraCare Volunteer Services onboarding process

Previous experience in a health care setting is preferred but not required. If you have questions, please call Volunteer Services at 320-255-5638.

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Sanctuary Animal Assisted Therapy

Our mission is to provide a therapeutic sanctuary connecting humans, animals and plants with the goal of healing, building compassion and respect between all sentient beings.

DID YOU FIND WILDLIFE THAT NEEDS HELP?

It takes a special license and skill set to treat wildlife and it is illegal for us (and you), to keep the animal for treatment., please contact the placerita nature center at 661-259-7721.

The Sanctuary, a 501c3 non profit, will rescue animals from abuse and neglect, rehabilitate them, and help them trust and heal people in return. Professionals certified in Animal Assisted Therapies will provide therapeutic interventions specializing with adults and children with disabilities and those with a history of trauma or abuse. The Sanctuary will also engage individuals in horticulture therapy,  gardening and plant-based activities, facilitated by a trained therapist, to achieve therapeutic treatment goals.

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A book for kids and adults about animal rights and how you can help!

On this one-year anniversary of Daisy and Herb’s dramatic rescue, we want to launch a very special project! I have been working on an animal rights children’s book to promote kindness towards animals in all situations and ways for children to make a difference. Help us launch this book across Amazon, Barnes & Noble and many brick-and-mortar bookstores. All proceeds from book sales will benefit the Sanctuary! My personal hope for this fundraiser is that more children grow up with the resources to make kind choices towards animals.

Pleas fill out the form below when you donate so once the book is published we can do a special thank you for all those who made it happen!

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Studies have shown that interacting with dogs can help lower blood pressure, heart rate, and overall stress levels. Visits with a therapy dog can provide motivation, education, and therapeutic benefits to enhance a patient’s quality of life. Focusing on the dog provides mental and physical stimulation for patients that can help them become less aware of their own pain and stress. Visits can even help to improve the relationship between a patient and caregiver because the dog helps to create an emotionally non-threatening space for communication, thus lowering resistance to intervention.

Paws to Heal at Ascension St. Vincent is a proud partner of the St. Vincent’s Healing Arts Department and is generously funded through the Ascension St. Vincent Foundation.

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Paws to Heal Volunteers

Paws to Heal Therapy Teams: a therapy team, made up of a registered Paws & Think therapy dog and its handler, visits with patients, their families, and associates at various healthcare facilities. Paws to Heal therapy team volunteers must be registered as a Paws & Think therapy team. Each hospital and most healthcare facilities have their own additional requirements.

Paws to Heal Escorts at Ascension St. Vincent: these individuals volunteer without a dog and go with the Paws to Heal therapy team on visits with patients, their families, and associates at various St. Vincent healthcare facilities. Duties include sanitizing everyone’s hands before and after petting the dog, confirming visits are wanted, introducing the team, setting up the environment, and documenting visits

How to Volunteer with Paws to Heal

If you are interested in volunteering with your dog as a Paws to Heal Therapy Team, please visit our Therapy Dog Team page for more information about how to become a registered therapy team.

To volunteer as a Therapy Team or Escort without a dog, contact our Paws to Heal Coordinator, Lisa Gupton, at lgupton@pawsandthink.org to start the process.

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Paws & Think is a partner of Dementia Friends Indiana , administered through CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions. Dementia Friends is a global movement that is changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. Developed by the Alzheimer’s Society in the United Kingdom, the Dementia Friends initiative is underway in Indiana and across the United States. The goal of this collaboration is to provide Paws & Think volunteers an opportunity learn more about how to support those living with dementia, how it affects the families and how to enhance our therapy dog visits for this population and their caregivers.

“Paws to Heal has brought another whole dimension to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital School program. The dogs, handlers, and escorts are becoming familiar faces and visitors the students look forward to each week. Many of the students are recurring and see the same dogs over several hospital stays and extended stays. The scope of lives touched by the program extends significantly past the 15-20 minute window spent with the dog. We look forward to seeing how this program continues to grow and evolve as it already has so much in the months since being established.” Heather Wiselogle, M. Ed., Hospital Based Teacher/Liaison at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent

Mailing Address: Paws and Think, Inc. c/o Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 1346 N. Delaware St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2415

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Registered KPETS volunteers and their companion animals promote well-being and offer encouragement in our communities by sharing the power and benefits of human-animal interactions.

Serving local communities in health-related facilities, social agencies, special-needs programs, schools, libraries, retirement communities and hospices, KPETS teams readily visit wherever the human/animal connection may be beneficial.  KPETS services are free of charge.  Established in 2003, KPETS has grown into an organization with more than 300 volunteer teams, providing thousands of hours of animal assisted therapy for hundreds of facilities and agencies every year.

KPETS has recently been in the news.

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The Marisa Tufaro Foundation Provides Funding for Visits in Greater Middlesex County

The Marisa Tufaro Foundation has announced it will partner with Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to p ovide fully funded grants to make therapy visits from certified therapy dogs available to schools, libraries, and other facilities serving children in Middlesex County. Click to read more

CCPT Visits Metuchen Library

Team Joanne  Markano  and Niles the therapy dog were featured in a piece from centraljersey.com.   Click to read more

CCPT Receives Gift From Edrington

CCPT is pleased to receive a generous gift from Edrington, the home of some of the world's best-loved Scotch whiskies and other premium spirits.  A huge THANK YOU to Marc Bromfeld, Director of Corporate Affairs & Social Responsibility at Edrington Americas, for facilitating this grant. Marc is a long-time CCPT therapy team with his dog Rolo .  Edrington’s gift will bring smiles to the faces of thousands more people in need of a loving therapy pet. 

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Wags for Hope (WFH) is a non-profit organization that provides volunteers with their pets to bring joy to the lives of others. We visit Nursing Homes , Assisted Living Facilities , Hospitals and with Hospice . In addition, we supply local libraries and schools with certified R.E.A.D.® teams , who are using their animals as a conduit to help improve the literacy skills of the children in our community. We aspire to be a “one-stop shopping” organization supplying animal visitations for therapy purposes needed in Frederick, MD, and the surrounding areas.

Mission Statement

To provide kindness and comfort with our pets to those in assisted living facilities, nursing homes and hospital settings.

To inspire the love of reading in children with our pets at libraries and schools.

To show the benefits of pet therapy in our communities with our pets.

We are always seeking volunteers who would like to contribute a little of their time each month with their pets. How much time you devote is strictly up to you. We would prefer a handler willing to offer a minimum of two visits per month. You may be surprised how much you and your pet(s) will benefit from this. We welcome folks without pets too!

To get more information or to join Wags for Hope, please fill out this form . A Wags for Hope volunteer will contact you soon.

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Would your organization or facility like to request a visit from our Wags for Hope teams? Please click on the link below to fill out the request form. 

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Wags for Hope visits in Frederick County only. If you are outside Frederick County, please check in your area. A reference that can be used is petpartners.org

Happy retirement to Cam and his handler Kathy

They have faithfully been visiting the Rock Creek School for years. The school gave them a party on Cam’s final day. Thank you from Wags for Hope.

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All donations are tax deductible. We charge no fees for our services so we depend on the community to keep us serving. You may also send a check to:

Wags for Hope P.O. Box 1279 Frederick, MD 21702

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Therapy Animals of San Antonio

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Teams Visit With Girl Scouts

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Retta Visits Methodist Pediatrics

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Matilda and Cameron Visit Harlandale Middle School

  • March 28, 2024

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Tex Burns Comforts Patients

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Matilda Goes to Bella Groves

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Zane Grey Visits Methodist

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Teams Visit Natural Bridge Caverns

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Fiesta® Media Day

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Zane Grey Visits the Feik School of Pharmacy

  • March 7, 2024

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Presentation at UTHSCSA’s School of Nursing

  • February 20, 2024

Gilley, Companion of Denise Linnert

Gilley, Companion of Denise Linnert, Passes Away

  • February 10, 2024

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Therapy Animals of San Antonio is an all volunteer non-profit organization. We are an affiliate member of the  International Association of Human-Animal Interactions Organizations  (IAHAIO) and a  GuideStar Exchange  Platinum Participant. Our mission since 1989 has been bringing people and animals together for healing. We do this with our therapy teams’  visits to hospitals and other facilities ,  educational presentations , and  our StoryTails literacy program  in the greater San Antonio area, as well as, our CARE program bringing teams with enhanced training to crisis situations across Texas. We provide support for therapy teams, who may choose to become registered with Therapy Animals of San Antonio or Pet Partners, Inc. (formerly Delta Society) and we support ongoing team development.

Our primary fundraiser each year is the Fiesta® Pooch Parade , an official Fiesta® San Antonio event. All proceeds from the parade support our local programs. We invite you to  join  our organization (with or without an animal),  become a therapy team , and/or support us with a donation under DONATE or as a  sponsor  of the Fiesta® Pooch Parade.

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From Cathy: In loving memory of Elise McGee, who loved and nurtured all animals.

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Facilities We Visit

North Star Therapy Animals provides therapy animal services to a wide variety of facilities throughout the Twin Cities area.  At many of them, we primarily engage in animal-assisted activities or AAA, but at others, we provide animal-assisted therapy or AAT, a more specialized type of therapy animal service.

NSTA is delighted to be working with the following facilities:

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  • Augustana Chapel View Care Center – Hopkins
  • Benedictine Health Center – Minneapolis
  • Brookdale Minnetonka Carlson Pkwy  – Minnetonka
  • Carefree Cottages of Maplewood – Maplewood
  • Catholic Eldercare – Minneapolis
  • Eagle Crest Commons – Roseville
  • Edendale Residence – Eden Prairie
  • Elim Home Nursing Home – Watertown
  • Estates of St. Louis Park – St. Louis Park
  • Folkstone Senior Living – Wayzata
  • Heritage of Edina Assisted Living – Edina
  • Inver Glen Senior Living – Inver Grove Heights
  • Joanna Shores – Arden Hills
  • Mala Strana Assisted Living – New Prague
  • Martin Luther Campus – Bloomington
  • Mission Nursing Home – Plymouth
  • Nagal Assisted Living – Waconia
  • New Perspective Senior Living
  • Parkshore – St. Louis Park
  • Prairie Adult Care – Eden Prairie
  • Roitenberg Nursing Home – St. Louis Park
  • St. Therese – Minneapolis
  • Schule Haus Senior Housing – Jordan
  • Sojourn Adult Day Services – Mound

Memory Care

  • Arbor Lakes Senior Living – Maple Grove
  • Emerald Crest Memory Care – Minnetonka, Burnsville
  • Olive Branch Estates – Chanhassen
  • Rakhma Grace House – Minnetonka
  • The Alton Memory Care – St. Paul
  • Alice Smith Elementary School – Hopkins
  • All Saints Catholic School – Lakeville
  • Anthony Middle School – Minneapolis
  • Carondelet Catholic School – Minneapolis
  • Cedar Ridge Elementary School – Eden Prairie
  • Chanhassen High School – Chanhassen
  • Chelsea Heights  Elementary School – St. Paul
  • Chaska High School – Chaska
  • Cooper High School – New Hope
  • Creek Valley Elementary School – Edina
  • Crestview Elementary School – Brooklyn Park
  • Delano Elementary School – Delano
  • Eagan High School – Eagan
  • Eagle Creek Elementary – Shakopee
  • Eden Prairie High School – Eden Prairie
  • Eisenhower Elementary – Hopkins
  • Elizabeth Hall School – Minneapolis
  • Falcon Heights Elementary – Roseville
  • Golden Valley North Education Center – Golden Valley
  • Hidden River Middle School – St. Paul
  • Hopkins High School – Hopkins
  • Hopkins North Jr. High – Hopkins
  • Hudson Prairie Elementary School – Hudson
  • Jefferson High School – Bloomington
  • Kenwood Elementary – Minneapolis
  • Lucy Laney Elementary School – Minneapolis
  • Matroska International School – White Bear Lake
  • Minnesota State Academies – Faribault
  • Minnewashta Elementary School – Excelsior
  • Neil Elementary School – Plymouth
  • The Newman School – St. Paul
  • NorthPoint Elementary School – Blaine
  • Oak Point Elementary School – Eden Prairie
  • Olson Middle School – Bloomington
  • Orono Schools – Long Lake
  • Our Saviors Lutheran School – Excelsior
  • Perpich Arts High School – Golden Valley
  • Plymouth Creek Elementary School – Plymouth
  • Quora Education Center – Little Canada
  • Richfield High School – Richfield
  • River Bend Education Center – Minneapolis
  • Rockford Middle School – Rockford
  • Rondo PreK – St. Paul
  • Rosemount High School – Rosemount
  • Shakopee High School – Shakopee
  • Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School – Apple Valley
  • Sojourner Truth Academy – Minneapolis
  • Spero Academy – Minneapolis
  • Spring Lake Park High School –  Spring Lake Park
  • St. Anthony Village High School – St. Anthony Village
  • St, Paul – Roseville Area Middle Schools – Little Canada
  • Thomas Lake Elementary School – Eagan
  • Triton High School – Dodge Center
  • Watershed High School – Richfield
  • Wayzata High School – Plymouth
  • Wayzata Junior High – Wayzata
  • Webster Elementary School – St. Paul
  • Woodbury Math and Science Academy – Woodbury

Colleges & Universities

  • Anoka-Ramsey Community College – Cambridge
  • Augsburg University – Minneapolis
  • College of St. Benedict  and St. John’s Universit y
  • Dakota County Technical College – Rosemount
  • Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis
  • Hamline University – St. Paul
  • Hennepin Technical College – Brooklyn Park
  • Inver Hills Community College – Inver Grove Heights
  • Macalester College – St. Paul
  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law – St. Paul
  • North Central University – Minneapolis
  • North Hennepin Community College – Brooklyn Park
  • Northwestern Health Sciences University – Bloomington
  • St. Catherine University – St. Paul’
  • University of Minnesota – Minneapolis
  • University of St. Thomas   – St. Paul
  • Carver County Library System – West Metro
  • Columbia Heights Library – Columbia Heights
  • Dakota County Library System – St. Paul Metro
  • Hennepin County Library System – Metro-wide
  • Ramsey County Library – Roseville
  • Scott County Library System – Metro
  • Wentworth Library – West St. Paul

Specialty Care

  • Park Nicollet Melrose Institute – St. Louis Park
  • Parkinsons Specialty Care – Edina
  • Rise – Spring Lake Park
  • Riverside Cancer Care Center – Minneapolis

Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Allina Hospice – St. Paul
  • Health Partners Hospice – Metro-wide
  • Fairview Hospice – Metro-wide

Hospitals and Clinics

  • Abbott Northwestern  – Minneapolis
  • Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota – Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnetonka
  • Fairview Southdale – Edina
  • Gillette Children’s Hospital – St. Paul
  • Hennepin County Medical Center – Minneapolis
  • Maple Grove Hospita l – Maple Grove
  • Methodist Hospital – St. Louis Park
  • North Memorial Hospital – Robbinsdale
  • Park Nicollet Clinic – St. Louis Park
  • Regions Hospital – St. Paul
  • VA Medical Center – Minneapolis
  • Bridge for Youth – Minneapolis
  • Harriet Tubman Center – Minneapolis
  • People Serving People – Minneapolis
  • Women’s Advocates Family Shelters – Minneapolis & St. Paul

Rehab Facilities

  • Courage Center – Golden Valley
  • Pride Institute – Eden Prairie
  • Living Well Disability Services (formerly Dakota Communities) – Eagan
  • Dakota County 911 Call Center – Roseville
  • Holmes Greenway Apartments – Minneapolis
  • Hosanna Church – Lakeville
  • Mall of America – Bloomington
  • Minneapolis Veterans Home – Minneapolis
  • Partners for Violence Prevention (PVP) – St. Paul
  • Ronald McDonald House – Minneapolis
  • Science Museum – St. Paul
  • St. David’s Center – Minnetonka

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  1. Therapy Animals With Pet Partners

    If you're looking for a pets as therapy charity, types of therapy animal visits, or new research, find out more here. National Therapy Animal Day. National Therapy Animal Day is coming up on Tuesday, April 30. Created by Pet Partners, this day honors the comfort and healing therapy animals and their dedicated handlers bring to those in need.

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    Workplace Visits. Bring joy and inspiration into your workplace with a therapy animal visit. Many people will spend over a third of their lives at work. Reward your hard-working employees with an office visit from a Pet Partners therapy animal team. Learn more about the Workplace Well-being program or request a visit to your workplace.

  3. PAWS for People

    PAWS for People. Our pet-therapy animals are amazingly gentle and intuitive when working with adults and children with any type of disability. READ MORE. PAWS for People. We visit with people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities to share the love and companionship of our gentle, affectionate pets. READ MORE.

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    Visit our therapy dogs ready for adoption. Come meet your perfect match today! Learn More. Trainers. Check out these great therapy dog trainers close to you. Learn More. Memoriam. Please take a look at these special animals who continue to live in our hearts. Learn More. Donate. You can help support therapy animals and Aaimal-assisted therapy ...

  5. Free Therapy Dog Home Visits

    Though some people may not be able to experience the joys of being a dog owner, that doesn't mean they can't soak up the amazing benefits of dogs. At Alliance of Therapy Dogs, we offer free therapy dog home visits to individuals who are elderly, lonely, bedridden, and handicapped. We want to help brighten someone's day with our therapy pups.

  6. TheraPet

    Animal Assisted Therapy. Therapet currently has 70+ dogs, 3 cats, and a cockatoo working in our programs. The animals do far more than just visit patients. Therapet establishes goal-oriented therapy programs as well as visitation programs. Learn More About Us.

  7. Therapy Pets

    Therapy pets are animals that visit hospitals, retirement homes, hospice centers, nursing homes and schools. Although most therapy pets are dogs, other species such as cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and horses are good candidates. These lovable pets are well trained, have good temperaments, and are people-friendly. Plus, they have a good work ethic!

  8. Programs

    Animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals, such as horses, dogs, cats, pigs, and birds, into the treatment plan. It is used to enhance and complement the benefits of traditional therapy. Animal-assisted therapy can be a useful intervention for individuals or groups. A meta-analysis of 49 studies reporting ...

  9. Request a Visit with a Therapy Dog

    New Paws & Think Therapy Dog Program Request. Use this form if you would like to set up recurring in-person visits with a Paws & Think therapy dog at your location. This includes our Paws to Read, Paws to Heal, and Paws to Comfort programs. Please note that the request must come from a representative of the organization or venue requesting the program.

  10. Animal-Assisted Therapy

    In Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), a Pet Partners registered handler and animal team visit you to help you relax and recover. Visits from animal friends has proven to be a great morale boost and can improve your mental and emotional well being. All of the AAT animals are trained therapy pets. AAT can help you: Reduce anxiety; Lower blood pressure

  11. Farm Sanctuary

    Who We Are. The Sanctuary, a 501c3 non profit, will rescue animals from abuse and neglect, rehabilitate them, and help them trust and heal people in return. Professionals certified in Animal Assisted Therapies will provide therapeutic interventions specializing with adults and children with disabilities and those with a history of trauma or abuse.

  12. Animal-assisted Therapy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Research has demonstrated that therapy dogs: Provided social support, lowered blood pressure, and made improvements in pain, mood and other measures of distress. Animal-assisted therapy is offered at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children's Center. For more information, contact [email protected] [email protected].

  13. RAINBOW ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY

    Animal assisted therapy is the utilization of animals to facilitate healing and rehabilitation in a therapeutic setting. It is a goal-directed intervention in which a dog plays an important part in someone's physical, social, and emotional therapy activities. Our dogs use their special training to work intensely with one person at a time or ...

  14. Paws to Heal

    Paws to Heal Volunteers. Paws to Heal Therapy Teams: a therapy team, made up of a registered Paws & Think therapy dog and its handler, visits with patients, their families, and associates at various healthcare facilities. Paws to Heal therapy team volunteers must be registered as a Paws & Think therapy team. Each hospital and most healthcare facilities have their own additional requirements.

  15. Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services

    Serving local communities in health-related facilities, social agencies, special-needs programs, schools, libraries, retirement communities and hospices, KPETS teams readily visit wherever the human/animal connection may be beneficial. KPETS services are free of charge. Established in 2003, KPETS has grown into an organization with more than ...

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    Testimonials. Creature Comfort provides wonderful services, bringing their pets to our facility. Every dog is beautiful, well trained, and lovable. Every owner is professional, reliable, and personable. Pet therapy reaches our most shut down residents. If all else fails, the animals just have a way of breaking through their pain.

  17. North Star Therapy Animals

    My Story: Carli became a Pet Partners handler at age 10 when she began volunteering with her original therapy rat, River. Now, having partnered with her fourth rat, Lavender, she enjoys visiting schools, libraries and any event that involves children. She is passionate about her rats and the opportunity to put them to work helping children.

  18. Facility Visits

    Thank you for requesting animal therapy visits from Therapy Animals of San Antonio, an all volunteer organization. Our volunteers select facilities to visit based on a number of factors including location and travel distance, days and times when visits are desired, population, and type of services to be provided. Demand for our more than 80 ...

  19. Wags for Hope • Pet Therapy Visits to Nursing Homes, Assisted Living

    We visit Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Hospitals and with Hospice. In addition, we supply local libraries and schools with certified R.E.A.D.® teams, who are using their animals as a conduit to help improve the literacy skills of the children in our community. We aspire to be a "one-stop shopping" organization supplying animal ...

  20. Request a Visit

    If you know someone who might be interested in becoming a Therapy Animal Team, please have them contact us at [email protected]. Next Steps. After submitting the "Request a Visit" form below, a NSTA volunteer will email you in 2-3 business days with any additional questions or to let you know the request has been sent to our ...

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    Who We Are. Therapy Animals of San Antonio is an all volunteer non-profit organization. We are an affiliate member of the International Association of Human-Animal Interactions Organizations (IAHAIO) and a GuideStar Exchange Platinum Participant. Our mission since 1989 has been bringing people and animals together for healing.

  22. Facilities We Visit

    North Star Therapy Animals provides therapy animal services to a wide variety of facilities throughout the Twin Cities area. At many of them, we primarily engage in animal-assisted activities or AAA, but at others, we provide animal-assisted therapy or AAT, a more specialized type of therapy animal service. NSTA is delighted to be working with ...