ABOUT IMAGINE THERAPY DOGS

​Imagine Therapy Dogs is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization that provides animal-assisted activities.  We also offer training and professional support for our handler-dog teams.
 
Therapy dogs work with their owners to provide services that improve people’s physical, emotional and communication abilities. Therapy dogs can sometimes achieve results when other therapies have failed. Some of the proven benefits of therapy dogs include reducing blood pressure, anxiety, stress, and loneliness. 
 
Our therapy teams currently visit many facilities, which include senior residences, hospitals, “reading to dogs” programmes at primary schools and libraries, and stress reduction during exam time at universities. 
 
Our goal is to have teams available to all who would benefit from therapy dog visits.

DID YOU KNOW?

Therapy dogs can sometimes achieve results when other therapies have failed. Some of the proven benefits of therapy dogs include reducing blood pressure, anxiety, stress, and loneliness.

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OUR MISSION

The mission of Imagine Therapy Dogs is to share the comfort and joy of canine love with members of the community in a variety of settings. We wish to do this in a safe and responsible manner that benefits clients, handlers and the dogs themselves.

• We believe that the animal/human bond contributes significantly to quality of life for both people and dogs.
• We believe that service to the community is an important aspect of life for responsible and caring citizens.
• We believe that dogs benefit from, and enjoy working with, qualified and kind handlers.
• We believe that providing well-trained handlers and dogs for therapy visits, working with professional supervision and support, is the best way to accomplish our goal of service to the community through animal-assisted activities.