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Ability.org: Guide Dogs - Listing of organizations training and working with service dogs for the disabled.
Access Laws for Service Dogs - Federal (U.S.) and state laws guarantee your service dog access to businesses including airlines. Contact phone and tty numbers to get action, newsletter.
Air Travel With Service Dogs - The Airline Carrier Access Act protects your right to fly with your service dog. Here are the latest regulations and how to use them.
Assistance Dogs For Independence - A licenced charitable organisation in Australia that obtains, trains and maintains service dogs assisting people with disabilities achieve a greater level of independence.
Assistance Dogs International - A description of a "Service Dog" as defined by the organization that sets the industry standards for training and placing Assistance Dogs worldwide.
Assistance Dogs of America, Inc. - Non-profit organization that primarily trains shelter and rescued dogs for placement with disabled handlers. Provides PDF files of requirements.
Assistance Dogs of the Rockies, Inc. - Helping at-risk teens while providing services for the disabled. Puppy petting, training courses, and dog placement. Located in Rifle, Colorado.
Blue Ridge Assistance Dogs - Dedicated to providing individuals with disabilities professionally selected and trained Social/Therapy and Service Dogs.
Canine Assistants - Nonprofit organization trains dogs to turn on lights, open doors, pull chairs, and retrieve dropped objects.
Canine Companions for Independence - 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.
Canine Partners For Life - Canine Partners For Life trains and places service dogs with physically disabled individuals in the Cochranville, Pennsylvania area.
Canine Partners places service dogs with mobility limited Colorado residents. - Canine Partners places service dogs with mobility-limited Colorado residents to facilitate their greater independence with activities of daily living and educates the public about the role assistance dogs play in the lives of people with disabilities.
Canine Support Teams - A California based non-profit organization that provides specially trained dogs to people with disabilities other than blindness.
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.
Canines with a Cause - Helping kids and adults with mobility related disabilities become more independent with the assistance of a service dog.
Canix, European Canine Institute - 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.
Colorado Service Dogs, Inc. - A nonprofit organization established to train and provide rescued dogs to assist people who have disabilities.
Cozy Canine House - Dog information on Service Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Guide Dogs, Clicker training, some breed referrals and several links to good dog sites.
Disability Aid Dogs - 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.
Dog AID (Assistance in Disability) - UK nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities to train their own pet dogs as Assistance Dogs.
Dorseyweb.com - Learn about Lucy, a chocolate Labrador service dog for the disabled; also photos and links to service dog websites.
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 participate in community life.
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.
Fidos for Freedom, Inc. - Provides trained service, hearing, and therapy dogs to the Baltimore, Washington, community. Donation form, photos, and a donation wish list.
Florida Canines Assisting People, Inc - 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.
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 in Colorado.
Freely My Life - 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.
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.
Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota - 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.
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.
International Puppyraisers List - Web page for the IPR list, but also contains links and information on service dogs, puppyraising, and organizations.
K-9 Crossroads - We rescue shelter dogs and train them as either Service or Hearing Alert Dogs in Northern California.
K9 Service Dogs of New Jersey: Helping Hands - 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.
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.
Key Companion Service-Dogs - 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.
Loving Paws Home Page - 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.
N.E.A.D.S. - An organization that provides Service and Hearing Dogs nationally.
OnQ - Trains dogs for service, assistance and therapy work. Northern Indiana.
OT-ADogs - Internet email list on how to train your own Assistance Dog. Also talk about access into public places.
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.
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.
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.
Power Paws Assistance Dogs - 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.
Service Dog resources throughout the U.S. by state - From Arizona to Wisconsin, and internationally: a directory of organizations involved with guide dogs, hearing dogs, support dogs, search and rescue dogs.
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.
Service Dogs and More - An educational and informational site about assistance dogs. How to act around a service dog team. How to train your own dog.
Service Dogs and More - 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.
[Suite 101] Service Dogs - Discussions on service dogs and how these dogs help people with disabilities.
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.
Susquehanna Service Dogs - Service dog training organization located in Pennsylvania. Also contains links to other organizations and training information.
TCOT Service Dogs - 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.
Texas Hearing and Service Dogs - Texas organization that trains and places service and hearing dogs. Links, FAQs, and information on their organization and others.
Train Rite Assistance Dogs - A non-profit organization dedicated to training shelter dogs to assist individuals with various disabilities. Located in Oceanside, California.
WATCH Service Dogs - Women And Their Canine Helpers offers service dogs for emotional assistance and security to women victims of PTSD, anxiety, depression and other emotional disabilities.
