Welcome to Esmerel's Collection of Service Animal Resources
Welcome to another part of Esmerel's Collection of Disability Resources. This page is dedicated to service animal related resources. This list is growing constantly. If you know of any other resources or have suggestions, please email Heather (that's me!)
- Adaptive Riding Institute "Provides riding lessons, custom horse training, adaptive equipment and recreational riding for people of all abilities."
- ArfKids: Special Service Dogs for Special Kids "To provide disabled and terminally ill children Service Dog candidates that will be specifically trained to assist in the improvement of the quality of life and accessibility of the child."
- ADC: Assistance Dog Club of Pugent Sound "Mission is to provide a safe, supportive environment that will enhance the partnership of persons with disabilities and their assistance dogs."
- Assistance Dog Institute
- Businessmen's Commonly Asked Questions about Service Dogs
- Canine Assistants "A non-profit organization which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs."
- Canines for Disabled Kids
- CPL: Canine Partners for Life "Trains and places assistance dogs with individuals with mobility impairments."
- Dog Aid (Assistance in Disability) "To provide access to dog training for people with disabilities enabling them to train their pets in general obedience and in specialized tasks which will help them better manage their disability in everyday life."
- Dogs for the Deaf
- Dr P's Assistance Dogs
- ECAD: East Coast Assistance Dogs Teaches and places loving and confident service dogs with the physically disabled.
- Elisabeth Curtis Centre for Riding for the Disabled "Is a purpose built riding centre on the outskirts of Bedford, England which caters solely for disabled riders."
- Freedom Service Dogs "Rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to assist people with mobility impairments."
- Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation
- GuideDogs.com "a non-profit charitable organization with a mission to provide guide dogs and training in their use to visually impaired people throughout the US and Canada."
- Guide Dogs of America
- Guide Dogs for the Blind in the UK
- Guide Dog Users Inc.
- Guide Horse Foundation A non-profit charity dedicated to providing free giudes for visually impaired guides.
- Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
- Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled "Is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for quadriplegic individuals by training capuchin monkeys to assist them with daily activities."
- Helping Paws "A volunteer based non-profit organization whose mission is to further the independence of people with physical disabilities (other than blindness or deafness) through the use of service dogs."
- IAADP: International Association of Assistance Dog Partners "A non-profit cross disability organization representing people partnered with guide, hearing and service dogs."
- Lions Project for Canine Companions for Independence
- Loving Paws Assistance Dogs "Is a non-profit organization that trains dogs to assist children under the age of 18 from around the US who are physically disabled. While the majority of Loving Paws placements are with 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."
- Magic Moments Riding Therapy
- Manitoba Riding for the Disabled
- NAGDU: National Association of Guide Dog Users
- NARHA: North American Riding for the Handicapped Association "This is the premier site for information on equine-assisted activities, NARHA is a national non-profit organization that promotes the benefit of the horse for individuals with physical, emotional and learning disabilities."
- Paws'itive Teams "Its mission is to train and place service dogs with persons who have mobility limiting disabilities; provide long-term support to these working teams' educate the public regarding awareness of persons with disabilities and the role of specially trained dogs in assisting them to live more independently."
- Paws with a Cause "Trains assistance dogs nationally for people with disabilities and provides lifetime team support which encourages independence. PAWS provides awareness through education."
- Seeing Eye Dogs "Its mission is to enhance the independence, dignity and self-confidence of blind people through the use of seeing eye dogs and on improving its ability to fulfill this mission."
- Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
- Special Skills Dogs of Canada
- STRIDES Therapeutic Riding for the Disabled "Our goal is to provide physically, mentally and emotionally challenged individuals an opportunity for emotional and physical growth through horsemanship."
- TDI: Therapy Dogs International 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.
- Texas Hearing and Service Dogs
- Therapeutic Riding Links
- Top Dog "Top Dog is a dedicated to teaching people with physical disabilities how to train their own dogs to become fully certified service dogs. Each Top Dog client does all the 'hands on' training him/herself, under the guidance and tutelage of Top Dog's highly experienced instructors, many of whom are also disabled and have also trained their own service dogs."
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