Dogs Service Animals Disabled

Service/assistance dogs are specially trained to mitigate disabilities both visible and invisible. Specialty service dogs are guide, hearing, and seizure alert dogs. Other service dogs are trained for mobility assistance, pulling wheelchairs, picking up and retrieving objects, opening doors, and turning lights on and off, among other things.

• Pacific Assistance Dogs Society - PADS is a non-profit organization that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities other than blindness, e.g. mobility impaired, agility impaired, and hearing impaired.
  
• Partners for Life: A Service Dog's Tale - A video portraying service dogs and their partners in real-life situations with the goal to educate employees in commercial, government and educational settings.
  
• Second Chance Service Dogs - Offers service dogs for emotional assistance and security to women victims of PTSD, anxiety, depression and other emotional disabilities.
  
• [Suite 101] Service Dogs - Discussions on service dogs and how these dogs help people with disabilities.
  
• American Dog Trainers Network - From Arizona to Wisconsin, and internationally: a directory of organizations involved with guide dogs, hearing dogs, support dogs, search and rescue dogs.
  
• Circle Tail - Organization providing assistance dogs to people with disabilities and facility dogs to retirement centers. Information on the types, photographs of strays up for adoption, success stories, and location at Pleasant Plain, Ohio.
  
• Canines for Disabled Kids - A national nonprofit organization based in Princeton, MA. that trains a variety of dogs to help children who are deaf or physically disabled.
  
• Paws To Freedom - A non-profit organization with 501(c)3 status. Offers a range of service dog information to assist people to train their own dogs plus details of workshops. Portland Oregon.
  
• Worldwide Welcome Waggin - Contains links and information on service dogs, puppyraising, and organizations.
  
• Wolf Packs: Service Dog Directory - Lists organizations, mailing lists, and training schools.
  
• Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind - Provides trained German Shepherd guide dogs to the blind and visually impaired. View puppy raising details with images and facts about the dogs. Based in Bakersfield, CA.
  
• Canine Companions for Independence - Explains the training programme, puppy raising and how to apply for a dog. Details of the areas covered and how to donate.
  
• Power Paws Assistance Dogs - Dedicated to empowering people with disabilities for greater independence through the use of skilled service dogs, home helpmates, social dogs, and therapy dogs.
  
• OnQ - Trains dogs for service, assistance and therapy work. Northern Indiana.
  
• Canine Support Teams - A California based non-profit organization that provides specially trained dogs to people with disabilities other than blindness.
  
• New Horizons Service Dogs, Inc. - Non-profit Florida-based organization that partners trained dogs with disabled handlers.
  
• Assistance Dogs International - Set up to promote standards of excellence in the training and supply of service, hearing and guide dogs. Explains the training procedures used with video downloads and FAQ.
  
• Pilot Dogs Inc - Offers an overview of a guide dog supply organization founded 1950 with details of a four week owner training course prior to receiving a dog. Application forms, FAQ and details of the animals. Columbus, Ohio.
  
• Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation - A nonprofit assistance dog organization dedicated to providing assistance dogs, therapy dogs, seizure alert dogs and companion dogs for the physically challenged and people with disabilities.
  
• East Coast Assistance Dogs (ECAD) - Raises, trains, and places dogs with disabled individuals. Also works with emotional service dogs for facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes and for individual homes. Application, donation information, and a calendar of events.
  
• Canine Assistants - Nonprofit organization trains dogs to turn on lights, open doors, pull chairs, and retrieve dropped objects.
  
• Lucy Online - Learn about Lucy, a chocolate Labrador service dog for the disabled; also photos and links to service dog websites.
  
• Support Dogs, Inc. - Non-profit agency founded in 1981 and based in St. Louis Missouri. Trains and places service and therapy dogs. History, events, policies, programs, newsletters, and photos.
  
• Canine Partners Partners of the Rockies - Trains and places service dogs with mobility-limited Colorado residents. Also educates the public about the role assistance dogs play in the lives of people with disabilities. FAQ, photos, and newsletter.
  
• Texas Hearing and Service Dogs - Texas organization that trains and places service and hearing dogs. Links, FAQs, and information on their organization and others.
  
• Hypo ALert Oz Service Dogs - Non-profit charity that trains and places hypo alert dogs with suitable diabetic applicants. Explains how the dogs work with research details and examples of their dogs.
  
• Assistance Dogs Australia - A licenced charitable organisation in Australia that obtains, trains and maintains service dogs helping people with disabilities to achieve a greater level of independence.
  
• Helping Paws - Training service, therapy and companion dogs to improve the quality of life for a wide variety of individuals. Located in Creston, British Columbia.
  
• 4 Paws For Ability - Non-profit agency placing mobility, hearing, seizure, autism, and emotional assistance dogs with children and adults with disabilities. Includes a calendar of events, FAQ, and information about raising and donating puppies.
  
• Service Dogs and More - Information, education, and first-person experience with service dogs. Includes an email list and details of teamwork books.
  
• Canine Helpers for the Handicapped, Inc. - Non-profit organization trains service dogs and offers a range of related information, articles and advice.
  
• Blue Ridge Assistance Dogs - Dedicated to providing individuals with disabilities professionally selected and trained social therapy and service dogs.
  
• Eagles' Wings Service Dogs - A non-profit corporation associated with the Lycoming County, Pennsylvania SPCA that matches mobility impaired individuals with specially trained, homeless shelter dogs to assist their partners in gaining greater personal independence and to more fully pa
  
• N.E.A.D.S. - An organization that provides service and hearing dogs nationally.
  
• Service Dogs - Mailing list for handlers of service dogs and any other interested persons involved with service dogs, including guide, hearing, assistance, and seizure/alert dogs.
  
• k9assistance by Caesar - Caesar is a trained assistance dog (Golden Retriever)from Dogs for the Disabled in UK. Detailing his life with his wheelchair using companion.
  
• Susquehanna Service Dogs - Service dog training organization located in Pennsylvania. Also contains links to other organizations and training information.
  
• Paws with a Cause - Trains hearing dogs and service dogs for people with disabilities, provides lifetime support, and promotes awareness through education. Calendar of events, donation form and wish list, and job opportunities.
  
• Colorado Service Dogs, Inc. - A nonprofit organization established to train and provide rescued dogs to assist people who have disabilities.
  
• Fidos for Freedom, Inc. - Provides trained service, hearing, and therapy dogs to the Baltimore, Washington, community. Donation form, photos, and a donation wish list.
  
• Freedom Service Dogs, Inc. - Rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to assist people with physical disabilities; places trained service dogs with disabled individuals at no charge and provides lifetime support for the team; and educates the public about assistance dogs. Located
  
• Canines with a Cause - Helping kids and adults with mobility related disabilities become more independent with the assistance of a service dog.
  
• Service Dog Sponsor - How to sponsor an individual service dog team.
  
• Service Dog Certification of America - Explains what a service dog is and the work involved, how to qualify for a dog and how to apply to certification within the US.
  
• Puppyraiser and Service Dog Webring - Webring for service dog organizations and the puppyraisers that volunteer for them.
  
• KSDS Inc - Non-profit organization dedicated to the training and placement of assistance dogs to individuals with disabilities. Has working teams and puppy raisers in several states. Includes information on programs and assistance dog etiquette. Washington, Kansas
  
• Loving Paws - Supplies service and social dogs to children with muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, autism and other disabilities. Includes an application form for volunteering with details of how to donate.
  
• International Association of Assistance Dog Partners - A non-profit, cross-disability organization representing people partnered with guide, hearing, and service dogs.
  
  

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