Since the 1980's, there have been significant advances in the field of animal assisted therapy and the use of therapy dogs. Organized therapy dog groups provide educational material to volunteers, they screen both volunteers and dogs, and they provide liability insurance for when the dog and handler are volunteering in a therapy setting.
Therapy dog certification organizations are the experts in this field. It is their dedication that has organized and advanced the work of therapy dogs and their efforts should be acknowledged and appreciated. The following certification organizations are recognized by the AKC. A dog must be certified by one of these organizations to be eligible to receive the AKC Therapy Dog title.
AKC would like to thank the following national therapy dog registration/certification organizations for their assistance during the launching of the AKC Therapy Dog title:
- 4Paws Learning and Wellness Center (San Francisco & greater North Bay area)
- Aggieland Pets With A Purpose (Brazos Valley area, TX)
- Agility Ability (Central Ohio)
- Animal Samaritans (Palm Springs area, CA)
- Austin Dog Alliance (Greater Austin, TX)
- BARK (Beach Animals Reading with Kids) (California, Arizona)
- Baylor Health Care System Animal Assisted Therapy
- Bright Spot Therapy Dogs, Inc. (western Massachusetts)
- Canine Assisted Therapy (Florida)
- Canine Caregivers (Salisbury, NC area)
- Canine Therapy Corps (Chicago)
- Caring Canines Therapy Dog Club of Southern VT (southern VT)
- Caring Canines Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Lake County, FL)
- Caring Critters, Inc. (Houston Metropolitan area)
- Carolina Canines for Service (Wilmington & Raleigh, NC)
- CHAMP Assistance and Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Greater St. Louis)
- Champs Foundation (Broken Arrow/Tulsa, OK area)
- Comfort Caring Canines Therapy Dogs, Inc. (southeastern PA, NJ, DE, MD)
- Companion Animal Association of AZ., Inc. (Greater Phoenix, Maricopa County)
- Companion Animal Program (Cape Cod, MA)
- Creature Comfort Pet Therapy (northern New Jersey)
- Creatures and Kids, Inc. (Oklahoma)
- Divine Canines (Greater Austin, TX)
- Dog B.O.N.E.S. Therapy Dogs of Massachusetts
- Dogs On Call (DOC): An Easter Seals Program (central and southeastern Alabama)
- Domesti-PUPS (southeast NE & MO)
- East Bay SPCA PALS (Pets and Love Shared) (Bay area of CA)
- Fairfax Pets on Wheels (Fairfax County, VA)
- Faithful Friends Pet Therapy (DE and southeast PA)
- Faithful Paws Pet Therapy (Houston, TX)
- Federación Canófila de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
- Fidos for Freedom (Baltimore, Greater Washington)
- Fox Valley Therapy Dogs (Kendall, Kane, Dupage, Will counties-IL)
- Furry Friends Pet Assisted Therapy Services (California -- San Jose and Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties)
- Furry Friends Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Coos County, OR)
- H.A.B.I.T. (Human Animal Bond in Tennessee)
- Happy Tails Pet Therapy (Atlanta)
- Healing Heart Therapy Dogs , Inc. (Nebraska)
- Howard County Paws 4 Comfort
- Human Animal Link of Oklahoma Foundation (HALO) (Oklahoma)
- Humane Hearts Pet Therapy (Forsyth County (GA) area)
- Humane Society of Broward County (FL)
- Humane Society of Southern Arizona Pet VIP Program (southern AZ)
- Independent Therapy Dogs, Incorporated (Select cities in CA, NV, and WA. See web page.)
- Intermountain Therapy Animals and the Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D. ®)
- Kathleen C. Cailloux Humane Society of Kerrville (Kerrville, TX)
- KPETS-Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services (southeast/central PA, northeast MD)
- Lend A Heart Animal Assisted Therapy (Greater Sacramento, CA)
- Lend A Paw Therapy Dogs (Greater Los Angeles/Santa Clarita, CA)
- Literacy Education Assistance Pups (L.E.A.P.) (Delaware, Salisbury, MD)
- Love on 4 Paws (Greater Los Angeles, CA)
- Lutheran Medical Center Pet Therapy (Greater Denver,CO)
- Miami Valley Pet Therapy Association (MVPTA) (Dayton, Ohio and surrounding counties)
- National Capital Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Washington DC, Baltimore, eastern MD, southern VA)
- Ohio 4-H Pet Pals (state of Ohio)
- Olympic Mountain Pet Pals
- Orange County SCPA PAWS (Orange County, CA)
- PawPals (Greater Tulsa, OK Metro)
- Paws4people Foundation
- Paws Across Texas (PAT) (TX: Greater Dallas and Fort Worth)
- Paws & Hearts Therapy Dogs (Coachella Valley/Palm Springs, CA)
- Paws and Think, Inc. (Greater Indianapolis, IN)
- P.A.W.S. Anne Arundel County (MD)
- Paws As Loving Support (Sonoma/Marin counties, CA)
- PAWS Assistance & Therapy Dogs (Naples, FL)
- Paws for Friendship, Inc.
- Paws for Healing, Inc. (northern CA-Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Marin counties)
- PAWS for People (Pet Assisted Visitation Volunteer Services, Inc.) (Parts of DE, PA, MD, NJ)
- Paws'itive Teams, Inc. (San Diego County, CA)
- PAWS of CNY, Inc (central NY)
- Peninsula Humane Society Pet Assisted Therapy (San Mateo and norther Santa Clara counties, CA)
- People Animals Love (PAL) (DC metropolitan area, northern VA, MD)
- Pet-A-Pet Club, Inc. (Greater Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI)
- Pet Prescription Team (southern CA)
- Pet Therapy of the Ozarks, Inc. (50 mile radius from Springfield, MO)
- Pets and People Foundation, Inc. (eastern Massachusetts)
- Pets for Life, Inc.
- Pets Helping People, Inc.
- Pets on Wheels (Maryland)
- Pets on Wheels of Delmarva (DE, MD, VA)
- Pets on Wheels of Scottsdale, Inc. (AZ)
- Project Canine Connecting Canines (Seattle, WA area)
- Project PUP (Pets Uplifting People) (Tampa Bay area, FL)
- Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy, Inc. (Chicago and surrounding counties)
- Reading with Rover
- San Diego (CA) Humane Society Therapy Dogs
- San Francisco SPCA AAT Program (San Francisco)
- Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society Pet Outreach (Santa Fe, NM)
- SC Dogs Therapy Group (upstate of SC, north GA)
- Share-A-Pet, Org., Inc. (So. FL, San Francisco area, upstate NY)
- Sit Stay Read (Chicago, IL)
- S.M.A.R.T. Dogs (Aladema and Contra Costa Counties, CA)
- SoCal Therapy Dogs (Riverside, CA)
- Sonoma Humane Society Pet Assisted Therapy Program (Sonoma County, CA)
- Southwest Canine Corps of Volunteers, Inc. (NM: Greater Albuquerque and Santa Fe)
- SPCA of Erie County (NY) Paws For Love
- St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center (Paws for People Program) (northern NJ)
- St. John Ambulance's Therapy Dog Program (Canada)
- Sunshine Teams, Mendocino Coast Humane Society (Mendocino Coast of CA)
- Support Dogs, Inc./TOUCH Program (MO: St. Louis metropolitan area)
- Tails of Aloha (Hawaii)
- Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Animal Therapy
- TDK Therapy and Service Dogs (Charlotte, NC)
- The Good Dog Foundation (NY, NJ, CT, MA)
- Therapet Foundation (Greater east Texas)
- TheraPet, Inc. (central NJ, CT, NY)
- Therapeutic Paws of Canada (Canada)
- Therapy Animals of San Antonio, Inc. (Greater San Antonio, TX)
- Therapy Dogs United (northwest PA and western NY)
- Therapy Pals of Golden Triangle (Denton County, TX)
- Therapy Pets Unlimited (Baltimore, MD)
- TherapyPets (CA: San Francisco-Oakland Bay area)
- Therapy Tails Ontario (Ontario, Canada)
- Tony La Russa's ARF Pet Hug Pack (Contra Costa County, CA)
- U.S.A. Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Central MI, FL, MA, NY, WI)
- Valley Humane Society Therapy Dog Program
- Virginia Tech Helping PAWS (VA Tech area)
- Visiting Pet Program (Metropolitan New Orleans)
- Vitas Healthcare Program 98 (SF Bay area)
- Vitas Hospice Paw Pals (Dayton, OH area)
- WAGS Across Texas, LLC (Greater San Antonio, TX)
- WAGS Pet Therapy of Kentucky, Inc. (KY)
- WCA Hospital (Southern Tier, Chautauqua County, NY)
- West Michigan Therapy Dogs, Inc. (Greater Western MI)
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