Why We Need Your Help?

We invite you to be a part of our journey to train therapy dogs and their handlers, spreading comfort and healing to those who need it most

Join Us

Your kind donations empower us to provide essential training for therapy dogs and their handlers, helping them deliver comfort and emotional support to those in hospitals, schools, and assisted living environments.

Therapy Dog Training

Join our caring community by supporting our training programs, which empower therapy dogs to spread joy and provide healing to those navigating difficult moments in different care environments.

Your generous contribution, combined with other financial support, will enable us to offer loving therapy dogs to those who need them the most. The funds raised will be dedicated to fulfilling the essential needs of our compassionate care therapy canine program.

Your Donations are utilized for the training and upkeep of the therapy dog teams in the program: (There is no cost to the therapy dog teams)

• Background Check for Handler - $ 20.00

• Physical for dog - $395.00

• Dog fecal test - $110.00

• Blood test for handler - $195.00

• Initial competency evaluation -$ 93.00

• Good Citizen Certification - $120.00

• Dog Collar - $ 20.00

• Custom Dog Harness - $ 53.00

• Leash 4’ & 6’ - $ 27.00

• International Certification - $ 10.00

• Reimbursable Expenses - $ 48.00 (per day) – off set handlers cost

• Dog grooming - $110.00 as necessary

• Emergency medical fund - $ 299.00

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Total start up cost per dog - $1,500.00 per therapy dog team
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Ongoing costs Yearly physical - $395.00

Dog fecal test - $110.00

Administrative cost - $500.00 per therapy dog team

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Total cost per year - $ 1000.00 per year per therapy dog team

Please be advise these are current tentative cost and are subject to change.

As a completely volunteer-driven organization, we depend on the kindness of donations to make Compassionate Care Therapy Canines a reality.