Canine Comfort, LLC
Your partner in therapy dog program development
Learn more about a program recently developed by
Canine Comfort, LLC:

Canine Care for the Journey - Rice Hospice, Willmar, MN
 http://www.ricehospice.com/pa_pettherapy09.html


Helpful websites related to the benefits of therapy dog visits:

"Theraputic Dogs Good for Heart Patients"  
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10051979/

"A History of Pet Therapy and The Value of Animal Companionship"
http://www.starlifeservices.com/resourcedevpettherapy.htm


Helpful websites related to therapy dog testing and registration:

Therapy Dogs, Incorporated  
www.therapydogs.com

American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen program
www.akc.org/events/cgc/


Recommended books about therapy dogs, dog behavior, and communication:

Therapy Dogs Today, by Kris Butler. Funpuddle Publishing, 2004.
        (A highly recommended read for all therapy dog volunteers.)

For the Love of a Dog, by Patricia McConnell, Random House
Publishing, 2005.

The Other End of the Leash, by Patricia McConnell, Random House
Publishing, 2002.

How Dogs Think, by Stanley Coren, Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2004.

How to Speak Dog, by Stanley Coren, Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2000.

Clicking With Your Dog, by Peggy Tillman, Sunshine Books, 2000