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Service Animals Web Links

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• Amazing Trails, LLC, Inc.
  Amazing Tails, LLC, Inc. is a non-profit corporation in Oxford, Pennsylvania, dedicated to the training of Service Dogs to assist people with physical disabilities.
  www.amazing-service-dogs.com
  
  

• Canine Assistants
  Canine Assistants is a non-profit organization in Alpharetta, Georgia, founded in 1991, which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. In addition to physically assisting those with disabilities, Canine Assistants service dogs are instrumental in removing many of the barriers faced by the disabled in today's society.
  www.canineassistants.org
  
  

• Canine Companions For Independence (CCI)
  CCI is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve the needs of people with disabilities by providing trained service, hearing and social dogs and by providing continuing support to ensure the success of the working team.
  www.caninecompanions.org/
  
  

• Canines for Disabled Kids (CDK)
  Canines for Disabled Kids began in 1998 as a natural offshoot of the NEADS assistance dog program. Very few assistance dog programs are willing to provide trained assistance dogs for children under age 12; CDK saw a need and worked to filled it. It was possible to train dogs to help autistic children, children with hearing and other physical disabilities and disabled children in the classrooms.
  www.caninesforkids.org
  
  

• Canine Partners For Life
  Canine Partners For Life, in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, works to increase the independence and quality of life of individuals with mobility impairments by providing professionally trained service dogs and support services.
  www.k94life.org
  
  

• Delta Society
  Delta Society is the leading international resource for the human-animal bond. Delta Society has been the force to validate the important role of animals for people's health and well-being by promoting the results of research to the media and health and human services organizations.
  www.deltasociety.org
  
  

• ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, Inc. (ECNV) FAQ on Service Animals
  ENCA FAQ on Service Animals
  www.ecnv.org/FAQ/animals.html
  
  

• Guide Dog Foundation
  The Guide Dog Foundation (in Smithtown, N.Y.) Mission is to improve the quality of life for people who are blind, visually impaired, or with other special needs.
  www.guidedog.org
  
  

• Guide Dog User, Inc.
  Guide Dog Users, Inc. (GDUI) is an international organization dedicated to advocacy, peer support, public education and all aspects of training, working and living with dogs specially-trained to guide blind and visually-impaired people. GDUI does not train or place guide dogs, but acts as an independent resource network, providing information, support and advice concerning guide dogs, guide dog training and access laws to its members, the media and the public at large. GDUI is the first and only online comparison of guide dog training programs. GDUI is a special interest affiliate of the American Council of the Blind.
  www.gdui.org
  www.acb.org
  
  

• Guide Dogs for the Blind
  Guide Dogs for the Blind mission is to provide enhanced mobility to qualified individuals through partnership with dogs whose unique skills are developed and nurtured by dedicated volunteers and a professional staff. Guide Dogs for the Blind has two campuses, one in San Rafael, California, and one just outside of Portland, Oregon.
  www.guidedogs.com
  
  

• Guiding Eyes for the Blind
  Guiding Eyes for the Blind (in Yorktown Heights, NY) is an internationally recognized guide dog school. Our family of professionals and supporting volunteers and donors are committed to one goal: giving our students the gift of greater personal freedom, independence and dignity by providing them the finest bred and trained guide dogs in the world. Our guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to be of service to lead blind or visually impaired people.
  www.guidingeyes.org
  
  

• The Guide Horse Foundation
  The Guide Horse Foundation's (in Kittrell, NC) mission is to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable mobility alternative for visually impaired people.  The Guide Horse Foundation is committed to delivering Guide Horses at no cost to the blind, relying on un-paid volunteers and charitable donations to pay all travel and housing expenses for the blind handler's on-site training.
  www.guidehorse.com
  
  

• Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled
  Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.  As live-in companions, our monkey helpers provide 20-30 years of service, bringing the gifts of independence, companionship, dignity and hope to the people they help.
  www.helpinghandsmonkeys.org
  
  

• KSDS, Inc.
  KSDS, Inc. in Washington, KS is a non-profit organization promoting independence and inclusion of individuals who are visually impaired or physically disabled by providing highly-trained canine assistance and support. We also provide social dogs for professionals who could use some canine assistance in their specialty.
  www.ksds.org
  
  

• Morris Service Dogs
  The Morris Service Dog Program, located in Illinois, is part of the Hanson Center & Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities. Morris Service Dogs are available to individuals with all types of disabilities.
  www.morrisservicedogs.org
  
  

• NEADS (Dogs For Deaf and Disabled Americans)
  NEADS, of Princeton, MA, is a non-profit organization established in 1976 to train and provide rescued dogs and donated puppies to assist people who are deaf or physically disabled in leading more independent lives at work, at home and at school.
  www.neads.org
  
  

• Paws with a cause
  Paws With A Cause's mission is to train Assistance Dogs nationally for people with disabilities and provides lifetime team support which encourages independence. PAWS promotes awareness through education.
  www.pawswithacause.org
  
  

• The Seeing Eye
  The Seeing Eye (in Morristown, NJ) will be an organization that concentrates on its mission to enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of blind people through the use of Seeing Eye dogs, and on improving its ability to fulfill this mission.
  www.seeingeye.org
  
  

• Service Dog Directory
  Service Dogs assist people with a disability (other than blindness). These special animals are trained to do many things, including picking up dropped objects, pulling wheelchairs, predicting seizures, and helping with stability for walking. This list includes contact information for many of the training organizations available worldwide, however, some may no longer exist. Therefore, this listing is for informational purposes only.
  www.wolfpacks.com/serviced.htm
  
  

• Support Dogs
  Support Dogs, Inc. is a St. Louis, MO based non-profit agency that helps people with special needs achieve an improved quality of life through the use of assistance dogs. Utilizing the services of almost 300 volunteers, Support Dogs, Inc. provides service dogs to recipients nationwide, as well as pet-assisted therapy to thousands in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
  www.supportdogs.org