
ATD Facility Highlight: LightBridge Hospice Community Foundation
Why did you want to bring therapy dogs into your facility? The LightBridge Hospice Community Foundation is committed to enhancing the lives of seriously ill

Why did you want to bring therapy dogs into your facility? The LightBridge Hospice Community Foundation is committed to enhancing the lives of seriously ill

Advocating for your therapy dog is a popular topic, and one we completely agree with. Putting our dogs first is essential to ensuring therapy visits

Dr. Pancho Does His Rounds Beth Ganer and her therapy dog, Dr. Pancho, have been visiting patients at Mercy Gilbert Hospital once a week for

It is never easy to deliver bad news. As Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD) Members, it’s complicated by the fact that we are all volunteers,

By Tara Hoover, ATD Member Learning What “Fit” Really Means When I got my first therapy dog certified back in 2012, we began visiting a

STL Healthcare System by Cynthia Alexander Why did you want to bring therapy dogs into your facility? “Therapy” is the biggest focus in our

Facility: Mayo Clinic by Whitney Romine Animal-Assisted Services Manager, Mayo Clinic Rochester Why did you want to bring therapy dogs into your facility? That

The old saying, let sleeping dogs lie, is an important message to remember when it comes to therapy dog visits. There are various reasons your

Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD) is first and foremost a 501c3 nonprofit. We are an international registry of certified therapy dog teams. At ATD, we provide testing,

Therapy Dogs For First Responders First responders have an important job to do. They are quickly ready to help in emergencies and often put their