Our understanding that interacting with animals can benefit our health and wellbeing in many ways is rapidly growing.  Since their earliest beginnings, dogs and people have worked together and dogs’ innate desire to please, readiness to learn, and sociability make them excellent therapy partners who help people connect and bring comfort and pleasure in a wide range of settings.  These include: crisis response; retirement, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities; hospitals, especially pediatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatric services, geriatrics; hospice; schools; prisons; safe houses, and residences for people living with mental and emotional illness.

Connecting Canines was created to provide a new level of training, support, and deployment of therapy teams, focusing on canine behavior and human training.  Unlike other programs, the goal of Connecting Canines is to train animal/handler teams, focusing on canine behavior and human dynamics via classes, shadowing, and mentoring.  Connecting Canines teams will carry Project Canine endorsement as well as liability insurance. 

All classes are held at Great Dog in North Seattle. Cost is $175.

Our next classes offered:

Saturdays March 13^th- April 24^th 10-11am in Annex space, NO CLASS: April 3^rd, Instructors: Amanda & Laurie

One Day Workshop- March 28^th 9am-4pm in Annex space, Instructors: Amanda & Laurie

Saturdays May 1^st- June 12^th 10-11am in Annex space, Instructors: Amanda & Laurie

To Sign Up with a Credit Card/Paypal Account:

Please Select Your Class:

Saturdays March 13th- April 24th 10-11am NO CLASS: April $175.00 Workshop- March 28th 9am-4pm $175.00 Saturdays May 1st- June 12th 10-11am $175.00

To pay over the phone, please call between 9am -5pm Monday - Friday, 206.432.3005.  Please note you will be reaching Christine at Great Dog.  She helps coordinate these signups!

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