08/04/2026
Get ready for Erie Gives Day with Therapy Dogs United!
Your Erie Gives Day donations help us maintain exceptional therapy-dog standards and provide volunteers with the latest training and guidance.
Before visiting across the Erie community, our therapy dogs complete key preparations, often starting with obedience training and then passing two challenging evaluations: the AKC Canine Good Citizen National Exam and the Therapy Dogs United Exam. After certification, handlers continue ongoing education in therapy-dog standards and policy– ensuring that they are always prepared to visit with you.
The preparation doesn’t stop there... Before each visit, our dogs take a bath, brush their fur, do their nails and even brush their teeth to ensure they arrive looking their best—some even put on gel and cologne!
Erie Gives Day is a day of online giving on Tuesday August 11, 2026, from Midnight to Midnight. https://www.eriegives.org/organization/Therapy-Dogs-United
