Arfriend
A Resource Guide For Our
Human & Animal Friends

Arfriend is a charitable and educational 501(c)(3) non profit corporation benefiting
both humans and animals.
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comfort, kindness, healing, teaching and acceptance with each other.
 
 
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      Animal Assisted Therapy & Services

 

Books for
Assistance
Animals and
their Teachers:

•Partners in
Independence

by Toni and Ed Eames
Book for service
dog trainers, including
the history & care
of service dogs,
rights of the disabled
and contact information to
the service dog world.

•Analysis of Lost
Person Behavior - An
Aid to Search Planning

by William G. Syrotuck
Expansive study of
actual case histories.

•Scent and the
Scenting Dog

by William G. Syrotuck

•Tracking Dog Theory
and Methods

by Glen R. Johnson
Complete guide to
tracking training.

•Mush! A Beginner's
Manual of Sled
Dog Training

Edited by Bella Levorsen
for the Sierra Nevada
Dog Drivers, Inc.

All From
Barkleigh
Productions, Inc.
Barkleigh Books
www.barkleigh.com
Ph: (717) 691-3388
Fax: (717) 691-3381

email:
contact@barkleigh.com


 

 

 

Break
the Cycle

End
Domestic
Violence

www. breakthecycle.org

 

 
To submit a listing to Arfriend, email info@arfriend.org

 

The American Rescue Dog Association
www.ardainc.org
P.O. Box 151
Chester, New York 10918

APOPO International
www.apopo.org
Land mine detection rats in Tanzania & Mozambique
email: apopo@apopo.org


B-52 K9s
www.lacpca.org
Certified Interdiction with
Trainer and Instructor
Deirdra Hearn
805-341-4592 or 818-760-3120

California Rescue Dogs
Association (CARDA)

www.carda.org

Canadian Avalance Rescue
Dogs Association

www.carda.bc.ca
British Columbia, Canada
email:carda@axion.netg

Canine Companions for Independence
www.caninecompanions.org
2965 Dutton Avenue
PO Box 446
Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446
email: info@caninecompanions.org
707-577-1700 Voice
707-577-1756 TDD

Carousel Ranch
www.carouselranch.org

Therapeutic Horseback Riding

26101 Ravenhill Rd.
Santa Clarita, CA. 91350
ph: 661-252-7333
fax: 661-252-7312
email: info@carouselranch.org

Colorado Boys Ranch
www.coloradoboysranch.org
PO Box 681
La Junta, CO 81050
fax: 719-384-8119

Create-A-Smile
www.create-a-smile.org
310-392-6257

The Delta Society & Pet Partners
www.deltasociety.org
Info & nationwide links to Pet Partners affiliates

580 Naches Ave. SW, Suite 101
Renton, WA 98055-2297
ph: 425-226-7357
fax: 425-235-1076

Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.
www.dogsforthedeaf.org
800-990-DOGS (3647)

The Farm Petting Zoo
Reseda, CA
818-341-6805

Fidos for Freedom
www.fidosforfreedom.org
Volunteer assistance therapy dogs
Baltimore, MD

Great Strides
Therapeutic Riding,Inc.

www.greatstrides.org

Equine assisted psychotherapy
Maryland

Guide Dogs of America
www.guidedogsofamerica.org
13445 Glen Oaks Blvd.

Sylmar, CA 91342
email: mail@guidedogsofamerica.org
ph: 818-362-5834
fax: 818-362-6870

Guide Dog Foundation
for the Blind, Inc.

www.guidedog.org
371 East Jericho Turnpike
Smithtown, NY 11787
800-548-4337

Guide Dogs of the Desert
www.guidedogsofthedesert.org
PO Box 1692
Palms Springs, CA 92263
email: info@guideedogsofthedesert.org
ph: 760-329-6257

Happy Trails Dude Ranch
Santa Monica Conservancy
Malibu, CA
310-589-3200 x.111

Independence Dogs, Inc.
146 State Line Road
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610.358.2723

International Association of
Assistance Dog Partners

International Association of
Canine Professionals

www.dogpro.org

Island Dolphin Care,
Dolphin Therapy Island
www.islanddolphincare.org
Dolphin therapy for critically ill, disabled
and children with special needs from
all over the world.

Jewish Family Services/
Partners Adult Day Health Care

Therapy for people via volunteer animals
Ed Bender, Activities Coordinator

7362 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
323-883-0330

Jones Mini-Farm
San Juan Capistrano, CA

K-9 Assistance Services, Inc.
www.k-9assistance.org
626-960-2924, 818-216-8960 or 714-207-7186

Leader Dogs for the Blind
Rochester, MI

Macomb-Oakland Regional Center
Therapeutic Riding
(MORC)
www.morcinc.org
Clinton Township Office
16200 Nineteen Mile Road
PO Box 380710
Clinton Township, Michigan 48038-0070
Phone: (586) 263-8700
Fax: (586) 412-7889
TTY: (586) 286-5036

Missing Pet Partnership
Trains Search Animals to locate missing pets
www.lostapet.org
P.O. Box 2457
Clovis, CA 93613
email:
info@lostapet.org

 

Monkey Helpers for the Disabled
www.helpinghandsmonkeys.org
541 Cambridge St.
Boston, MA 02134
617-787-4419

National Association for Search
& Rescue (NASAR)

www.nasar.org

National Disaster Search
Dogs Foundation

www.searchdogsusa.org
Ojai, CA

National Federation for the Blind

North Star Dogs
www.northstardogs.com
Golden Retrievers for children who have
developmental disabilities, physical challenges
or emotional problems

Orange County SPCA
Canine Literacy Project/Hospital Therapy/
School Pet Education Workshops
Huntington Beach, CA

Paws/ L.A.
(Pets Are Wonderful Support)

www.pawsla.org
7315 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046-6615
email: pawsla@earthlink.net
ph/fax: 323-876-PAWS (7297)

Pawsitive Pet Program
Volunteer therapy teams visit patients
Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310.829.8438
310.315.6142 fax

Pets Assisting With Smiles
PAWS 4 Kids

Dog Visitation and Assisted Therapy Program
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-660-2450

Prison Dog Project
www.pathwaystohope.org/prison
Nationwide Program now in seven states
Sister Pauline Quinn
PO Box 581
Casco, Maine 04015
email: sisterpauline@pathwaystohope.org
207-627-7740

Project Pooch
www.pooch.org/
Matches teens with dogs
Oregon Youth Authority
Maclaren School
2630 N. Pacific Highway
Woodburn, Oregon 97071
email: project_pooch@yahoo.com
503-982-4492

Puppies Behind Bars
www.puppiesbehindbars.com
99 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
email: info@puppiesbehindbars.com
212-924-7404

Pups for Peace
www.pupsforpeace.org
Box 954
1122 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
800-669-8930

Reading with Rover
www.readingwithrover.org
PO Box 2569
Woodinville, WA 98072
email: info@readingwithrover.org
phone: 206-384-6151
fax: 425-984-0249

Search Dog Foundation
www.searchdogfoundation.org
Become SDF member/ receive Bark Alert Newsletter
206 N. Signal St., Suite R

Ojai, CA 93023
email: rescue@ndsdf.org
ph: 888-459-4376

Sebastian Riding Associates
www.nfb.org

Therapeutic Horseback Riding for the Blind
Collegeville, Pennsylvania

The Seeing Eye of Morristown
PO Box 375
Morristown, NJ 0796

Service Dogs for Victims of Assault
www.dogsaver.org/sdva

Soul Friends, Inc
www.soul-friends.org
Provides innovative clinical and educational programs that
promote the healing benefits of the human-animal bond
.
300 Church St, Suite 300
Yalesville, CT  06492
email: info@soul-friends.org
ph: 203-679-0849
fax: 203-679-0348

Squaw Valley Avalanche Dogs
www.squawdogs.com
email:
mcalcutt@telis.org

STRIDES Therapeutic Riding Centers
www.strides.org

Therapeutic Riding for the Disabled
P.O. Box 572455
Tarzana, CA 91357-2455
email: strides@onebox.com
ph: 818-341-4737
fax: 818-571-2484

Therapy Dogs, Inc.
www.therapydogs.com
P.O. Box 5868
Cheyenne, WY 82003
Email: therdog@sisna.com
877-843-7364 or 307-432-0272

Therapy Pets
www.therapypets.com
P. O. Box 10265
Fargo, ND 58106-0265
701-588-4592

Utah Animal-Assisted
Therapy Association
People and Animals Working
to Serve (UAATA PAWS)

www.uaata.org
PO Box 18771
Salt Lake City, UT 84118
email: info@uaata.com
801-280-1855

 


 

 

Arfriend dedicates the production of Arfriend.org to the welfare of all living beings.
May they each always experience the causes of happiness.
May they each never experience the causes of suffering.


 
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