Service Dogs Ontario

11/14/2018

Just Awesome!

04/14/2018

A nice article from Centretown News on service dog regulations featuring our very own Chuck Burke. Definitely worth the read.

By Alison Trenton The City of Ottawa has tightened its rules on service animals, but there are still concerns that some ...

04/11/2018

Our head trainer Chuck just gave a talk at La Cite in Vanier on Zoo Therapy. Our boy Angus was in attendance. We just got a great email from the staff:

Hello Chuck!
Thank you for being present today with Angus.
As anticipated, my classmates kept asking questions about you and Angus.
You guys where a hit at La Cité collégiale.

Service Dogs Ontario is big on educating the next generation on the benefits of service animals.

04/09/2018

More good news for Service Dogs. I am sure this is something many of us have already experienced. That is that dogs have a calming effect on people and their emotion
s. All news is good news for this community. Well done Paul and Charlie.

A paper published by the Harvard Negotiation Law Review by Kamloops lawyer David Paul explores the idea of canine-assisted mediation: having dogs in the room while going through family law mediation proceedings.

03/15/2018

Service Dog life isnt always hard work. Here is a hilarious video of our buddy Angus leaving the dog park with a new pair of shoes. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgHQrgxl5R9/?taken-by=chukkk

03/15/2018

Our Head Trainer Charles Burke has been invited to give a lecture at La Cité collégiale in Ottawa Ontario on Service Dogs and training. We will be asking to film this event and will be posting it here. If any of you are in the area and would be interested in attending please email us at [email protected]

03/01/2018

This is Great News for all suffering!

The 2018 budget proposes expanding the medical expense tax credit to recognize costs for psychiatric service dogs.

01/19/2018

Thanks Everyone for all the new Likes! Just to keep you updated we have taken on many new clients and are continuing to fight for both you and your dogs rights. Your support means the world to us!

12/18/2017

Just one of the thousands of examples on why emotional support animals are amazing!

When Merlot arrived to work at the Regina Children’s Justice Centre in 2015 she was only one of seven facility dogs in Canada. Now, just two and a half years later there are 30 dogs working across…

11/23/2017

11/23/2017

These businesses should be picketed for this. Absolutely Heartbreaking.

Two handlers of service dogs in Newfoundland and Labrador say they've recently been kicked out of public places and yelled at for having their dogs with them.

11/14/2017

Even Therapy Dogs need therapy on occasion.