Request a Therapy Animal Visit
Our certified therapy dog teams bring comfort, connection, and joy to the people who need it most. Whether you run a hospital, a school, a nursing home, a library reading program, or a corporate wellness initiative, we can match one of our trained teams to your facility.
How It Works
Getting a therapy animal team to your facility is simple. Here is what to expect from start to finish.
Submit Your Request
Fill out the form below with your facility details, preferred dates, and what type of visit you are looking for. The more specific you are, the better we can match you.
We Follow Up
Within 2 to 3 business days, one of our coordinators will reach out to confirm your details, answer questions, and discuss any special requirements for your facility.
We Match a Team
We pair your facility with a handler and dog whose temperament and training fit your population, whether that is calm visits with seniors or playful reading sessions with kids.
Visit Day Arrives
Our handler arrives at the scheduled time with a clean, well groomed, fully vaccinated dog. All visits are supervised by a certified handler who stays with the dog at all times.
Facilities We Visit
Our therapy dog teams are trained and insured to visit a wide range of facilities. Many of our dogs also support social emotional learning (SEL) programs for students. If your setting is not listed, reach out anyway. We will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Bedside visits for patients, waiting room support, and staff wellness breaks. Our dogs provide a calming presence during stressful medical moments.
Nursing Homes & Assisted Living
One on one and small group visits for residents. Our dogs bring warmth, tactile comfort, and a break from routine that lifts spirits across the floor.
Schools & Universities
Reading programs where children read aloud to a nonjudgmental canine listener, de-stress events during finals, and special education classroom support.
Libraries & Reading Programs
Paws to Read style programs where kids build reading confidence by reading to a therapy dog in a relaxed library setting.
Workplace Wellness
Corporate stress relief events, employee appreciation days, and office visits that boost morale and give teams a mental reset.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Structured CASEL aligned classroom sessions where students build self awareness, empathy, emotional regulation, and relationship skills through guided interaction with a calm therapy dog.
Community & Special Events
Post crisis community support, memorial events, health fairs, and awareness campaigns where a therapy dog presence makes the event more accessible and warm.
Social & Emotional Learning
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons teach essential life skills like emotional regulation, empathy, and responsible decision making. Our therapy dogs create a calm, nonjudgmental presence that helps students open up, practice new skills, and build confidence in a way that traditional classroom instruction alone cannot match.
Self-Awareness
Students learn to identify and name their emotions by observing how the dog responds to their energy, body language, and tone of voice. The dog mirrors calm and helps students recognize what regulation feels like in their own bodies.
Self-Management
Practicing impulse control, patience, and stress management through structured interactions. Waiting for the dog to sit, using a quiet voice, and managing excitement are real, immediate lessons in self regulation.
Social Awareness
Reading the dog's body language teaches students to recognize nonverbal cues in others, building the foundation for empathy and perspective taking that transfers directly to peer relationships.
Relationship Skills
Collaborative activities with the dog build clear communication, turn taking, and respectful boundaries. Students practice advocating for themselves and the animal in a safe, supportive environment.
Decision Making
Students make real time choices during dog interactions and reflect on outcomes, building the critical thinking and ethical reasoning skills that responsible decision making requires.
These five competencies are the CASEL framework, the national standard for SEL instruction. Our handlers are trained to integrate the dog into age appropriate lessons that align with your school or program's existing SEL curriculum, reinforcing what students are already learning while adding the proven benefits of animal assisted education.
What We Need From You
A designated point of contact at your facility who can coordinate visit logistics.
A clean, safe space where the handler and dog can work comfortably with the people being visited.
At least 2 weeks advance notice for first time visits so we can match the right team.
Clear communication about any allergies, infection control policies, or access restrictions at your facility.
Permission for the handler to bring the dog into the facility, ideally with a signed agreement or facility approval on file.
What to Expect During a Visit
Every visit is led by a certified handler who stays with the dog at all times. The handler manages interactions, reads the dog's body language, and ensures everyone stays safe and comfortable.
Our dogs arrive clean, brushed, and with trimmed nails. Handlers carry hand sanitizer, cleanup supplies, and proof of vaccinations and insurance.
Visits typically last 45 to 60 minutes, but we can adjust based on your population. Some groups do better with shorter, more frequent visits. We will work with you to find the right rhythm.
Interactions are always voluntary. If a resident, patient, or student does not want to engage, that is completely fine. Nobody is ever pressured to interact with the dog.
After the visit, our coordinator may follow up to check how things went and discuss scheduling ongoing visits if your facility is interested.
Request a Visit
Fill out the form below and our coordinator will get back to you within 2 to 3 business days to discuss your visit.
Have Questions Before Requesting a Visit?
We are happy to talk through what a visit looks like, answer questions about our dogs, and discuss whether our program fits your facility.