Meet our Therapy Teams

PAWS Therapy

Pet Therapy, commonly known as Animal Assisted Therapy, is a growing source of therapy where animals help people just by visiting with them.  Imagine living your entire life with a beloved pet only to be made to give it up upon entering a retirement home. Or imagine being separated from your pet while being hospitalized and undergoing medical treatment for long periods of time.  PAWS Therapy enriches these times by providing monthly visits to residents giving them the opportunity to simply hug, hold, or pet an animal.

In addition to retirement home and hospital visits, PAWS Therapy offers Pet Responsibility Education to children at local schools and public libraries.  Our PAWS 4 Reading program aides children with reading disabilities by giving them someone to read to without any judgment toward their ability.

All of our PAWS Therapy teams consist of local volunteers and their personal pets.  All animals have undergone strict personality screening, obedience training, and are certified by Therapy Dogs International or Delta Society.  To become a PAWS Therapy team, it is a requirement your animal be certified by one of the national pet therapy organizations.  Contact us today!  We'll help you get certified so you can brighten lives with your companion animal.

We're Teaching Children to be KIND to Animals Click here to read about PAWS 4 Learning