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Assistance Dogs International, Inc. (ADI)
c/o Canine Partners For Life
334 Faggs Manor Rd.
Cochranville, PA 19330
Phone: 610-869-4902
Website: www.assistance-dogs-intl.org
ADI is a coalition of members representing organizations and individuals training and placing Assistance Dogs. The purpose of ADI is to improve the areas of training, placement, and utilization of Assistance Dogs. The website includes a thorough listing of its members. |
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Canine Assistants
3160 Francis Road
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: 770-664-7178
Fax: 770-664-7820
E-mail: info@canineassistants.org
Website: www.canineassistants.org
Canine Assistants is a non-profit organization that trains dogs to assist children and adults who have impaired mobility or other special needs. The dogs we train can turn on lights, open doors, pull wheelchairs, retrieve dropped objects, summon help, and provide secure companionship. |
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Canine Companions for Independence (CCI)
National Headquarters
PO Box 446
Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446
Phone: 1-800-572-2275 (V/TDD)
Fax: 707-577-1711
E-mail: info@caninecompanions.org
Website: www.caninecompanions.org
CCI is a nonprofit organization that provides highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities and to professional caregivers providing pet assisted therapy. The assistance dogs trained to be Canine Companions are matched with individuals as service, hearing, assisted service and facility dogs. CCI provides continuing support for these teams to ensure success. |
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International Association of Assistance Dogs Partners
P.O. Box 1326
Sterling Hts., MI 48311
Phone: 810-826-3938
E-mail: iaadp@ismi.net
Website: www.iaadp.org
The mission of the IAADP is:
(1) to provide assistance dog partners with a voice in the assistance dog field;
(2) to enable those partnered with guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs to work together on issues of mutual concern, and;
(3) to foster the disabled person /assistance dog partnership. |
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Loving Paws Assistance Dogs
PO Box 12005
Santa Rosa, CA 95406
Phone: 707-586-1798
FAX: 707-586-0799
E-mail: lvgpaws@lovingpaws.com
Website: www.lovingpaws.com
Loving Paws is a non-profit organization that trains dogs to assist children under the age of 18 from around the United States who are physically disabled. While a large number of placements are to children with spinal cord injuries, Loving Paws also provides Service and Social Dogs to children with Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida and other disabilities. |
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Paws With A Cause® (PAWS)
4646 South Division
Wayland, MI 49348
Phone: 616-877-7297 (V/TDD) or 800-253-PAWS [7297] (V/TDD)
Fax: 616-877-0248
E-mail: paws@ionline.com
Website: www.pawswithacause.org
PAWS® trains Assistance Dogs nationally for people with disabilities and provides lifetime team support that encourages independence. It offers the best of everything to its clients, including full ownership of their dog when training is completed. PAWS Assistance Dogs are trained to assist people who have been challenged by any of more than 25 different diseases, including: cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, epilepsy and varying degrees of hearing impairment and vision loss. |
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Support Dogs, Inc.
3958 Union Road
St. Louis, MO 63125
Phone: 314 892-2554
E-mail: supportdogs@MSN.com
The mission of Support Dogs, Inc. is to give people with disabilities greater independence and improve lives through the help of a support or touch dog and promote canines as partners through abilities education. |
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