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Canine Companions for Independence - http://www.caninecompanions.org/
One of the original organizations. Their FAQ is excellent, well worth reading. They train dogs for physically disabled persons as well as hearing impaired persons. |
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Fidos for Freedom, Inc. - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/
Provides trained service, hearing, and therapy dogs to the Baltimore, Washington, community. Donation form, photos, and a donation wish list. |
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Delta Society: The National Service Dog Center (NSDC) - http://www.deltasociety.org/ServiceInformationNsdc.htm
Links, information, resources, and FAQs about service dogs put out by the Delta Society. |
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Paws with a Cause - http://www.pawswithacause.org/
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. |
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Assistance Dogs International - http://www.adionline.org/service.html
A description of a "Service Dog" as defined by the organization that sets the industry standards for training and placing Assistance Dogs worldwide. |
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International Association of Assistance Dog Partners - http://www.iaadp.org/
A non-profit, cross-disability organization representing people partnered with guide, hearing, and service dogs. |
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Canine Assistants - http://www.canineassistants.org/
Nonprofit organization trains dogs to turn on lights, open doors, pull chairs, and retrieve dropped objects. |
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Canine Partners For Life - http://www.k94life.org/
Canine Partners For Life trains and places service dogs with physically disabled individuals in the Cochranville, Pennsylvania area. |
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N.E.A.D.S. - http://www.neads.org
An organization that provides Service and Hearing Dogs nationally. |
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Wolf Packs: Service Dog Directory - http://wolfpacks.com/serviced.htm
Lists organizations, mailing lists, and training schools. |
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Texas Hearing and Service Dogs - http://www.servicedogs.org/
Texas organization that trains and places service and hearing dogs. Links, FAQs, and information on their organization and others. |
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Freedom Service Dogs, Inc. - http://freedomservicedogs.org
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 in Colorado. |
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Power Paws Assistance Dogs - http://www.azpowerpaws.org
We are dedicated to empowering people with disabilities for greater independence through the use of skilled Service Dogs, Home Helpmates, Social Dogs, and Therapy Dogs. Power Paws is a 501(c)3. |
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Dog AID (Assistance in Disability) - http://www.dogaid.org.uk
UK nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities to train their own pet dogs as Assistance Dogs. |
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Partners for Life: A Service Dog's Tale - http://ag.arizona.edu/agdiv/servicedog/
A video portraying service dogs and their partners in real-life situations with the goal to educate employees in commercial, government and educational settings. |
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Top Dog - http://www.topdog.org/Default.htm
Arizona organization that helps disabled persons train their own service dogs. |
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East Coast Assistance Dogs (ECAD) - http://www.ecad1.org/
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. |
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Canines for Disabled Kids - http://www.caninesforkids.org
A national nonprofit organization based in Princeton, MA. that trains a variety of dogs to help children who are deaf or physically disabled. |
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Service Dog resources throughout the U.S. by state - http://www.inch.com/~dogs/service.html
From Arizona to Wisconsin, and internationally: a directory of organizations involved with guide dogs, hearing dogs, support dogs, search and rescue dogs. |
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Comprehensive Paws With A Cause Site - http://www.ismi.net/paws
This site covers information about raising and working a Paws With A Cause dog. It is a comprehensive, up-to-date, one stop informational site for those interested in raising or working a PAWS dog. PAWS trains hearing dogs, service dogs, combination dogs, and seizure response dogs. |
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Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation - http://www.greatplainsdogs.com
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. |
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Canine Support Teams - http://www.caninesupportteams.org
A California based non-profit organization that provides specially trained dogs to people with disabilities other than blindness. |
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Loving Paws Home Page - http://www.lovingpaws.com/
the majority of placements are with children with spinal cord injuries, also provides Service and Social Dogs to children with Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and other disabilities. |
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Working Dogs Web Links Page - http://www.workingdogs.com/links.htm
Working Dogs Cyberzine web links page. |
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Service Dogs and More - http://sdog.danawheels.net
Information, education, and first-person experience with Service (Assistance) Dogs. The home of the Owner-Trained Assistance Dog email list, and selling Teamwork books directly to people. |
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Service Dogs and More - http://www.danawheels.net/sdog.htm
An educational and informational site about assistance dogs. How to act around a service dog team. How to train your own dog. |
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Assistance Dogs For Independence - http://www.assistancedogs.org.au/
A licenced charitable organisation in Australia that obtains, trains and maintains service dogs assisting people with disabilities achieve a greater level of independence. |
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Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota - http://www.hsdm.org
Dedicated to helping Minnesotans who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or disabled to become more independent and self confident by pairing them with specially trained assistance dogs. |
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Eagles' Wings Service Dogs - http://www.eagleswingsservicedogs.org
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 participate in community life. |
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Canines with a Cause - http://www.canineswithacause.org/
Helping kids and adults with mobility related disabilities become more independent with the assistance of a service dog. |
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Susquehanna Service Dogs - http://www.keystonehumanservices.org/ssd/ssd.php
Service dog training organization located in Pennsylvania. Also contains links to other organizations and training information. |
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[Suite 101] Service Dogs - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/service_dogs
Discussions on service dogs and how these dogs help people with disabilities. |
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Support Dogs, Inc. - http://www.supportdogs.org
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. |
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Train Rite Assistance Dogs - http://www.trainrite.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to training shelter dogs to assist individuals with various disabilities. Located in Oceanside, California. |
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Canix, European Canine Institute - http://canix.org/
Offers custom training of service dogs for physically disabled adults, guardian dogs for disabled children, hearing dogs for the hearing impaired and therapy dogs that visit chronically ill adults and children in hospitals and institutions. The dogs can be trained in Danish, English, German and Spanish. |
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Cozy Canine House - http://home.att.net/~care4k9
Dog information on Service Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Guide Dogs, Clicker training, some breed referrals and several links to good dog sites. |
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New Horizons Service Dogs, Inc. - http://www.newhorizonsservicedogs.org/
Non-profit Florida-based organization that partners trained dogs with disabled handlers. |
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Blue Ridge Assistance Dogs - http://www.blueridgeassistancedogs.org
Dedicated to providing individuals with disabilities professionally selected and trained Social/Therapy and Service Dogs. |
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OT-ADogs - http://www.danawheels.net/sdog/maillist.htm
Internet email list on how to train your own Assistance Dog. Also talk about access into public places. |
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K-9 Crossroads - http://www.k9crossroads.org
We rescue shelter dogs and train them as either Service or Hearing Alert Dogs in Northern California. |
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Florida Canines Assisting People, Inc - http://www.a-better-dog.bizhosting.com
This organization rescues dogs and retrains them to act as service dogs for mobility impaired, hearing impaired and seizure disordered people. Dogs are placed primarily in Florida. |
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Disability Aid Dogs - http://www.aiddogs.com.au
Australian not for profit group that trains dogs for the disabled, from service dogs to therapy and companion dogs, also dogs for the emotionally and mentally handicapped. |
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Air Travel With Service Dogs - http://www.k9man.com/flying_service_dogs.htm
The Airline Carrier Access Act protects your right to fly with your service dog. Here are the latest regulations and how to use them. |
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Canine Companions for Independence: Heart of Texas Chapter - http://www.ccihotdogs.org/
Upcoming and past events, how to help, how to apply for a dog, and a FAQ. |
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k9assistance by Caesar - http://www.k9assistance.co.uk
Caesar is a trained assistance dog (Golden Retriever)from Dogs for the Disabled in UK. Detailing his life with his wheelchair using companion. |
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Puppyraiser and Service Dog Webring - http://r.webring.com/hub?ring=raisers
Webring for service dog organizations and the puppyraisers that volunteer for them. |
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Assistance Dogs of America, Inc. - http://www.assistancedogsofamerica.org/
Non-profit organization that primarily trains shelter and rescued dogs for placement with disabled handlers. Provides PDF files of requirements. |
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Helping Paws - http://www.helpingpaws.ca
Training service, therapy and companion dogs to improve the quality of life for a wide variety of individuals. Located in Creston, British Columbia. |
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K9 Service Dogs of New Jersey: Helping Hands - http://www.k9man.com/helping_hand.htm
Trains dogs to act as helping hands for people who have no hands or have poor dexterity. Newsletter, training, dog care, and service dog law information. |
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Key Companion Service-Dogs - http://www.angelfire.com/sd/keycompanions/
A non-profit organization dedicated to bringing trained service dogs to adults and children challenged in individual ways. Including hearing ear, seizure alert and assistance dogs. |
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CastleRock's Special Assisting Canines - http://www.yipyip.com/CastleRock
Trains dogs to perform mobility assistance and other services. |
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TCOT Service Dogs - http://hometown.aol.com/tcotservicedogs/myhomepage/business.html
Tuscaloosa County Obedience Training Dogs provides service dog training for seizure alert, counter balance, vision impairment, diabetes help, stroke victim help, and performs public education of service dog tasks, etiquette, time training, ADA compliance, behavior evaluations and AKC CGC testing. |
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Dorseyweb.com - http://www.dorseyweb.com
Learn about Lucy, a chocolate Labrador service dog for the disabled; also photos and links to service dog websites. |
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Access Laws for Service Dogs - http://www.k9man.com/service_dog_access.htm
Federal (U.S.) and state laws guarantee your service dog access to businesses including airlines. Contact phone and tty numbers to get action, newsletter. |
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WATCH Service Dogs - http://www.geocities.com/babyray97/WATCH.html
Women And Their Canine Helpers offers service dogs for emotional assistance and security to women victims of PTSD, anxiety, depression and other emotional disabilities. |
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Canine Helpers for the Handicapped, Inc. - http://caninehelpers.netfirms.com/
Nonprofit organization trains hearing dogs, service dogs, mobility dogs, and therapy dogs. |
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Ability.org: Guide Dogs - http://www.ability.org/Guide_Dogs.html
Listing of organizations training and working with service dogs for the disabled. |
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International Puppyraisers List - http://www.iserv.net/~rugrat1/main/index.htm
Web page for the IPR list, but also contains links and information on service dogs, puppyraising, and organizations. |
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Service Dogs - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/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. |
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Freely My Life - http://www.angelfire.com/my/freelyservicedog/
The Life of a Service Dog. Includes service dog info, service dog links, disability information, vestibular disorders and mental illness information. Understand the partnership of a Service Dog Team. |
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Assistance Dogs of the Rockies, Inc. - http://adorinc.tripod.com
Helping at-risk teens while providing services for the disabled. Puppy petting, training courses, and dog placement. Located in Rifle, Colorado. |
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4 Paws For Ability - http://www.4pawsforability.org/
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. |
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People and Animals Working in Sync, Inc. - http://groups.msn.com/PeopleAnimalsWorkinginSyncInc/
Works with at-risk youth to train dogs to help disabled individuals maintain their independence. Includes photos and a forum. |
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Service Dog Sponsor - http://www.angelfire.com/super/proudsponsor/
How to sponsor an individual Service Dog team. |