FROM SORE TO SOAR

Support or Facility Dog

Advocacy & Resources

  • Ability Center Organization

  • American Service Pets

  • Assistance Dog International 

  • Assistance Dog United Campaign

  • Assistance Dogs for Living

  • Autism Service Dogs of America

    • Website: https://www.autismservicedogsofamerica.org

    • Description: First step is five days of training at Oregon headquarters. Take 12-18 months on average to receive placement. Cost is $13.500, they offer fundraisers.

  • Blessings Unleashed Foundation

  • BluePath Service Dogs

    • Description: https://bluepathservicedogs.org

    • Website: Trains autism service dogs, preventing children from bolting, companionship, increased social acknowledgement from peers. independence, confidence. Live within 2 hrs, be between age 5 & 11, live within 2 hrs of Wappingers Falls, NY; must need a dog for safety, must be able to walk the dog without use of cart or stroller, allergy free, and readily be willing to make a commitment, abide by follow-up visits and recertification, participate in 5 day training program to become a parent handler

  • CHAMP Assistance Dogs

    • Website: https://www.champdogs.org

    • Description: Helping people with disabilities lead lives of greater independence through the placement of skilled Public Access and Home-Based Service Dogs

  • Can do Canines

    • Website: https://candocanines.org

    • Description: Dogs are provided to clients at no charge to help with security and peace of mind.

  • Canine Angels

    • Website: https://canine-angels.org

    • Description: Provides professionally trained service dogs for children with special needs between the ages of 5 and 25

  • Canine Companions

    • Website: https://canine.org

    • Description: Provides service dogs to people with disabilities. The puppies live with these volunteers for that first year to year and a half, and volunteers are financially responsible for all food, veterinary care and training needs of the animals they raise. CCI does not charge rec ipients for their dogs and estimates each of its dogs raised is a $45,000 investment made by the puppy-raising volunteers and the organization. Only about 40 percent of the dogs make it to graduation.

  • Canine Companions for Life

    • Website: https://k94life.org

    • Description: Training service and companion dogs to fit the needs of a person with a disability with follow-up training and support services to ensure that dogs form a successful partnership with their human partner

  • California Canine Academy

  • Canine Partners of the Rockies

    • Website: https://www.cpotr.org

    • Description: Accredited service organization with Assistance Dogs International

  • C.A.R.E.S

    • Website: https://www.caresks.com/professional-therapy-dogs-1

    • Description: Provides service dogs based on individual situation. A file is open after an application is completed. An interview process is mandatory in order to determine if a dog is a good fit for an individual.

  • Dogs for Deaf:

  • Dogs Inc

    • Website: https://dogsinc.org

    • Description: Traning highly skilled service dogs to change life, boost confidence, restore freedome

  • Duo Dogs

    • Website: https://duodogs.org/

    • Description: Trains and connects dogs to people with physical, emotion, social needs

  • Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities

    • Website: https://www.ecad1.org

    • Description: Requires a 13-day parent training in Connecticut, the last 3-4 days are for the child. The child must weight 70+ pounds. $16,500

  • Kansas Specialty Dog Services

    • Website: http://www.ksds.org

    • Description: Provides service dogs for people with disabilities but due to lack of funding, do not train dogs for Autism, Alzheimer’s, cognitive challenges, diabetes, hearing loss, emotional assistance, post-traumatic stress disorders (ptsd) or seizures. Dogs who are “released” from the program and could not be fully certified as a service dog maybe placed with families.

  • Little Angels Service Dogs

  • North Star Dogs

    • Website: https://www.northstardogs.com

    • Description: Providing service dogs to children whose challenges range from autism to serious medical conditions to grief over the loss of a parent..

  • Patriot Paws Service Dogs

    • Website: https://patriotpaws.org

    • Description: Providing Service Dogs for disabled American Veterans who suffer from Mobile Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and/or Post-Traumatic Stress

  • Paws for Ability

    • Website: https://www.4pawsforability.org

    • Description: Trains dogs to handle these specific behaviors: ‘meltdown’/ repetitive behaviors, sleeping irregularity, love connection, wandering/eloping/tethering. Specializes in three-unit teams: child, dog, adult (parent).

  • Pawsable.Life

    • Website: https://www.pawsablelife.org

    • Description: Trains service dogs for those challenged by neurodiversity, autism, freedom, PTSD and other psychological needs.  We also train professional therapy dogs for schools, facilities, counselors, and therapists. Additionally, those challenged by EDS or POTS will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

  • Paws 4 a Cause

  • Paws for Giving Independence

  • Pawsitivity Service Dogs

  • Pawsitive Teams

    • Website: https://pawsteams.org

    • Description: Custom train service dogs to meet the specific needs of the individuals with disabilities living in San Diego County.

  • Retrieving Independence

    • Website: https://riservicedogs.org

    • Description: Nashville nonprofit breed, trains, and places service dogs with people who are living with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Trains and places highly skilled dogs with children and adults living with a disability.

  • Support Dogs, Inc.

    • Website:

  • Service Dogs for American/Great Plains Assistance Dog Foundation

    • Website: https://www.servicedogsforamerica.org

    • Description: Train and certify service dogs for individuals with disabilities, train mobility assistance, emergency medical response, PTSD service dogs, providing three inmate canine assistance programs at correctional facilities throughout North Dakota

  • Service Dogs Organization

    • Website: https://www.servicedogs.org

    • Description: Training hearing dogs, courthouse facility dogs, first responder facility dogs and service dogs in Texas

  • Service Dogs of Virginia

    • Website: https://www.servicedogsva.org

    • Description: Service Dogs of Virginia is a non-profit organization that raises, trains, and places dogs to assist people with disabilities residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Highly trained dogs perform a multitude of tasks that allow greater personal freedom and independence.

  • Wilderwood Service Dogs

  • Working Dog Registry

    • Website: https://workingdogregistry.com

    • Description: Providing Instant Service & Support Dog ID Cards & Documents!

      $ Funding Opportunities

      Buster’s Buddies for Autism

      Paws 4 Autism

      Can do Canines

      Paws For Ability

      Assistance Dogs United Campaign

      Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence

      Blessings Unleashed Foundation

      Canine Angels

      Canine Partners of the Rockies

      Little Angels Service Dogs

      Paws Giving Independence

      Pawsitive Teams

      Retrieving Independence

      Services Dogs of Virgina

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