Facility Dogs
A facility dog is a dog that is highly trained to provide services and exhibit certain behaviors to suit the needs of staff and clientele within a facility. Summit Service Dogs provides professionally trained facility dogs across Canada to support professionals and organizations in their work with the people they serve.
Some areas where a facility dog may be beneficial are:
- Victim’s services
- Schools
- Retirement facilities
- Physical therapy departments
- Occupational therapy departments
- Child, youth, and advocacy centers
- Speech therapy departments
- Counsellor and psychologist offices
- Police and fire stations
- Other facilities that enhance the well-being of others
A Facility Dog can assist by:
- Enhancing therapies
- Promoting participation
- Providing deep pressure therapy
- Providing tactile stimulation
- Item retrieval
- Serving as a motivator
- Providing support
- Anxiety reducer
- Providing companionship
- Assisting in relationship building
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