
Assistance Dogs International (ADI) does not provide or train dogs - it is a peak body for organisations or programs that train dogs. A list of ADI affiliated organisations is available from its Membership Directory. If you want to find an accredited program in your area check this listing.
The objective of Assistance Dogs International,
Inc. is to:
- Establish and promote standards of excellence in all areas of Assistance Dog acquisition, training and partnership.
- Facilitate communication and learning among member organizations.
- Educate the public to the benefits of Assistance Dogs and ADI membership.
- The individuals who are partnered with these dogs have adopted this terminology. Terminology used in access laws varies from country to country and state to state. ADI is working to establish consistent terminology internationally.
- ADI is working to establish consistent access laws with consistent terminology for individuals partnered with Assistance Dogs.
Assistance Dogs Europe

Assistance Dogs Europe is
an umbrella organisation of the national Assistance Dog organisations across
Europe. Assistance Dogs Europe is a chapter of
Assistance Dogs International since 2007.
ADEu is actively lobbying in
Brussels (together with European Guide Dog Association) to ensure that
Assistance Dog Partnerships have full legal access to all public places
throughout Europe.
Assistance Dogs (UK) is a coalition of assistance
dog organisations that encourages the exchange of ideas and best practice
amongst its members, raises awareness amongst the general public and promotes
behavioural and legislative changes to ensure the freedom, independence and
rights of its clients.
On this
site you will find information about services offered by AD(UK) members,
contact details, FAQ’s about assistance dogs, information that will be useful
to service providers and news. Visit: www.assistancedogs.org.uk
Assistance Dogs Institute
Bergin University of Canine Studies is the home of The Assistance Dog Institute, offering rewarding degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Inspired and informed by the breakthrough work of Dr Bonita Bergin, it’s the world’s first and only academic institution dedicated to advanced education and research in the human-canine relationship, canine-related business and leading edge assistance dog training and partnerships.
Bergin University is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees & master's degrees. Its mission is to advance the human-canine partnership:
- through research and education
- offering high quality instruction in human and canine studies
- providing students scholarly, vocational or specialist studies
Its mission is to ensure the sustainability, credibility, and availability of Animal Assisted Support Services by supporting related charities and those they serve. Its goals are to:
1. Unite Animal Assisted Support Services stakeholders to identify core values and common priorities to stimulate collaborative action in the spirit of cooperation and inclusiveness.
2. Inspire a consistent level of quality, safety, and satisfaction of those served.
Delta Society® is becoming Pet Partners®
‘Improving Health though therapy, service and
companion animals’
Each year one million lives across
America are touched by the comfort and healing of a therapy animal visit and
over 72 million families experience health benefits by interacting with their
pets - benefits Delta Society helped establish and continues to promote.
Service animals are life-changing
partners, enabling people with disabilities to live more freely and independently.
Therapy animals partner with their human companions to bring comfort and
healing to those in need. Companion animals are our exercise partners, play
partners, relaxation partners and snuggle partners. They partner with us to
keep our blood pressure low, reduce stress, decrease loneliness, make us laugh,
and enrich our lives.
The change will help the organization achieve greater
public awareness and help more people live happier, healthier lives through
positive connections with therapy,
companion and service animals. The
new name Pet Partners reflects a new evolution in the role pets play in our
lives.
International Association of Assistance Dogs Partners

Ed and Toni co-authored this award-winning video, “Partners
in Independence.” Together, they won writing awards for their columns in
Dog World and Off Lead magazines. These advocates lectured at veterinary
schools to teach students about the unique medical needs of assistance
dogs. In celebration of Ed’s life and all that he contributed, this
section is dedicated to him.
Intern Assoc of Human-Animal Organisations
The International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations (IAHAIO) was founded in 1990 to gather together
national associations and related organizations interested in advancing the
understanding and appreciation of the link between animals and humans.
IAHAIO’s main
role is to provide a co-ordinating structure between all member countries.
As worldwide interest and support for
this young science increases, IAHAIO's role as a communication link is
essential to convey latest research findings and encourage further program
development.
International Guide Dog Federation
The IGDF is comprised of approx 80 member schools, whose purpose is to serve people who are blind or vision impaired around the world, by training and providing Guide Dogs.
Membership of the IGDF enables Guide Dog organisations around the world to join a community dedicated to serving people with vision impairment.
IGDF facilitates a sharing of knowledge, experience, highest quality standards, methodologies and help for new or existing schools wanting to improve the quality of their operations. All of this is focused on improving the safe independent mobility of blind and vision impaired people throughout the world.
National Association
for Search & Rescue
National Association for Search and Rescue, Inc. (NASAR) is
a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing professional,
literary, and scientific knowledge in fields related to search and rescue,
including search and rescue dogs.
NASAR is comprised of thousands
of paid and non-paid professionals interested in all aspects of search and
rescue - the humanitarian cause of saving lives - throughout the United States
and around the world.
NASAR's primary mission is to
develop and provide professional training and certification programs for your
search & rescue community.
Italian School of Water Rescue Dogs
In
1989, Ferruccio Pilenga opened a School for Life-Guard Dogs.
Pilenga, together with his inseparable Terranova named MAS (the only dog in
Italy with a SICS Operative Water Rescue Certificate recognised by Switzerland,
France and Italy Port Authorities and Coast
Guards).

Newfoundland dogs excel at water rescue / life saving due to their
muscular build, thick double coat, webbed feet and innate swimming abilities.
Italian
School of Rescue Dogs is
the only institution in Europe to organise annual classes
to train water rescue dogs in sea rescue by boats and helicopters. They collaborate closely with Italian Heli-Rescue Teams - Air Rescue,
Airforce, Police, Customs, Firemen and Civil Defence.
They provide information for people disabled by severe mental illness, who wish to train a service dog to assist with the management of symptoms. They do not provide or train dogs for individuals. PSDS' mission is to:
Educate
- Educate mental health consumers, providers, and the general public about
Psychiatric Service Dogs
Advocate
- Empower consumers with Psychiatric Service Dogs to advocate on their own
behalf
- Advocate for the legal rights of Psychiatric
Service Dog handlers
- Help ‘gatekeepers
of public access’ understand their obligations under the law
- Partner with other mental health organizations in advocating for rights
Research
- Document efficacy of Psychiatric Service Dog partnerships
- Understand how Psychiatric Service Dogs are being used and by whom
- Identify Psychiatric Service Dog teams 'best practices'
- Establish criteria for prospective Psychiatric Service
Dog handlers
- Identify training strategies that work well with mental health consumer
populations
- Identify barriers to Psychiatric Service Dog team success
Train & Facilitate
- Assist professional dog trainers in learning how to train a Psychiatric
Service Dog
- Develop a nationwide resource of qualified Psychiatric Service Dog
trainers
- Connect mental health consumers to a Psychiatric Service Dog trainer in
their area
- Connect Psychiatric Service Dog Consumers with each other for peer support
- Connect Psychiatric Service Dog Consumers with each other for peer support

Samsung Therapy Dog Centre
Samsung has a strong corporate social responsibility to the
national and international communities’ it operates in. Its work with animal
companionship, assistance and welfare programs are one of the ways it gives
back to those communities and is the only program of its kind funded by a
multinational corporation. Samsung believes the relationship between people and their
pets helps make the world a less stressful, more caring place.
Its programs, include an employee dog adoption centre; guide dog school; working dog breeding centre; detector dog and rescue dog operation. For more information about Samsung's dog-related programmes, visit mydog.Samsung.com.
Samsung Canine Centre for Companionship (SCCC)
Samsung operates a kennel facility where dogs are carefully bred and then adopted by selected Samsung employees who provide loving homes for life.
Samsung operates a kennel facility where dogs are carefully bred and then adopted by selected Samsung employees who provide loving homes for life.
Samsung Assistance Dogs Services
Samsung's Assistance Dog Centre trains dogs that provide
assistance to people with hearing impairments and those undergoing therapy. The
Centre is a member of Assistance Dogs
International (ADI) and International
Association for Human Animal Interaction Organisations (AHAIO).
Samsung Guide Dog for the Blind
Samsung also operates and finances Korea's first Guide Dog
School for the Blind, which since 1993 has helped people with visual impairment
regain independence and become more active members of society and is a member
of the International
Guide Dog Federation (IGDF).
Samsung Working Dog Breeding Centre
Samsung Working Dog Breeding Centre modelled after top Guide
Dog and breeding centres around the world to increase the ratio of
successful breeding hone and develop quality scientific procedures and
techniques share gene pools from various organisations around the
world. The centre breeds German Shepherds for rescue work, Labrador and Golden
Retrievers for guide dog work, and English Springer Spaniels for detector work.
Samsung Detector Dog Operations
Samsung Detector Dog & Rescue Dog Centre works
closely with the Korean military, police and emergency services to train dogs
to detect narcotics and explosives. Once trained Samsung loans & donates dogs to organisations and provides ongoing training assistance.
Search & Rescue Centre
Samsung Search & Rescue Dog Centre (SSRDC) is one of the
world's leading search & rescue associations. SSRDC has taken part in
a number of international rescue efforts, including the 1999 earthquakes in
Taiwan and Turkey. The centre works closely with the UK's Search & Rescue
Dog Association (SARDA) for the latest training methods and techniques.
During
a 24 month training period, dogs are taught obedience, social skills, search
& rescue techniques, debris and wilderness searching for live and dead
bodies and tracking. Trained dogs can assist in national emergencies such as
building collapses, avalanches and airplane accidents.
For more information about Samsung's
dog-related programs visit mydog.Samsung.com
Therapy Dogs International


Each dog must pass a
temperament evaluation for suitability to become a Therapy Dog, which
includes the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Test (CGC).
The test will also include
the evaluation of the dog’s behaviour around people with the use of some type
of service equipment such as wheelchairs or crutches.
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