Paws Of Love Therapy Dogs and Training
We are a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization
The goals of our Program are:
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to bring the unconditional love of dogs to people in need.
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to provide clients with an enjoyable, normalizing experience to help them cope with their current situations.
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to use the interactions with the dogs as a diversion from self, disease, and/or pain.
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to assist children with special needs to read and learn in a calm, non-threatening environment.
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to bring calm & stress relief to student of all ages.
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to assist individuals with disabilities train their own Service Dog.
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to provide dog training services for pet dogs, Therapy & Service dogs. (currently only training Service dogs in Albuquerque, NM)
Dog Training Classes are available for Pet, Therapy and Service dogs!
Get YOUR dog Trained and HELP OUR mission.
A portion of all training fees will help fund programs including:
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Library Reading Program
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Special Needs Classroom visits
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Education Classes for children and adults
Expert dog training classes by expert trainers!
Interested in becoming a Therapy Dog Team?
The program was established to provide comfort, company and assistance for those in healthcare and education facilities throughout the community. We believe that life is more precious when trust, unconditional love and respect exist as the primary bond between animals and people.
Seeing your dog change lives while working beside you will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your life and will be something that you and your dog will eagerly anticipate.
Therapy dogs come in all sizes, shapes, breeds, ages, gender. Knowing this, how do you determine the qualities needed for a successful career as a therapy dog? After all, each person visited will have different preferences. One person may be frightened of large dogs but quickly reach for that tiny Shih Tzu. Another person may find a huge lug of a dog much easier to hug. A hyper-active child will need a very calm dog that he can lie next to on the floor.
Even the geriatric dog can find a place in therapy work. After all, some senior citizens will certainly be able to identify better with a slow-moving, gray-muzzled, slightly arthritic dog. And, just think what the courage exhibited by a three-legged dog can teach a paraplegic or someone struggling with a terminal illness. The major ingredients for these situations are personality and temperament.
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