Angel Dogs AZ Animal Assisted Therapy

03/18/2026

Today we had the incredible opportunity to return to Manzanita Hall at the ASU Campus with Bijou Cay and Zuzu Petal, an experience that never fails to uplift us. It is one of our most cherished events, as it brings immense joy to witness students' faces light up with wonder and excitement. We are deeply moved by the heartfelt stories of their beloved pets that they are missing. Some students spend thirty minutes or more simply basking in the girls' presence, and it is truly inspiring to see.

02/19/2026

Our Therapy Dogs at work at the Green Biz Conference! We were asked by the Mars Corporation to bring teams in to provide some enjoyment and enrichment.

A special Thank You to Pam with Payton, Jasmine with Roger, Joanne with Zeus, Shelly with Bowie, Amanda and her Mum, Elaine with Biscuit, John with Bijou Cay and Jessi with Zuzu Petal. You all made the event so special!

12/14/2025

Bougie Labradors now has puppies available! Parents have had all training through East Valley K9, who is also currently overseeing the ESN/ESI testing on the puppies and will be doing their Volhard Tempermant Training. Dam- Bijou Cay is a member of our Angel Dogs Therapy Team. Bougie Labradors is also offering a free six week training class through East Valley K9 to ensure the best possible start off with their new families!

Parents have done all genetic testing, OFA or PennHip certifications. Information can be found at bougielabradors.com on what are sure to be wonderful puppies with amazing temperaments.

11/20/2025

Today we had the opportunity to take therapy Dogs to Manazita Hall on the ASU campus! We spent two hours recieving many visitors who enjoyed giving pets, hugs and belly rubs to Bijou Cay and Zuzu Petal! We hope to get the opportunity again to visit!

05/02/2025

Yesterday 6 of our wonderful teams were guests at Northrup Grumman for their employee mental health awareness event.
It was an amazing time and hundreds of people came out to see the dogs.
lots of smiles, this is what it’s all about.
thank you for having us, we look forward to next time.

01/16/2025

So proud of the newest Mesa teams!
They work very hard throughout our therapy training program.

6 new teams starting 🩵🐕‍🦺🐾🦴 These therapy dog teams passed their Animal Assisted Therapy evaluations over the weekend.

01/15/2025

We want to give a huge thank you to BNI East Valley Synergy for their generous donation to our new organization.
Your support is beyond appreciated!

Donations like yours helps us bring the transformative power of our Therapy Teams to our most vulnerable communities. We can’t wait for our exciting year ahead!

12/16/2023

What an amazing group of upcoming therapy teams. This is our Gilbert Public School teachers and our ASU Angels and Devils club members!
Excited to see your adventures.

11/21/2023

This was an amazing group to work with. I can’t wait to see what they do!

11/04/2023

We are proud to introduce Angel Dogs AZ Animal Assisted Therapy!

This program is dedicated to ensuring that ethical standards for the industry are being met and handlers understand how to advocate for their dogs.

Handlers learn to read body language and understand stress signals in their dogs. They also learn how to be an effective therapy team with developed visiting skills for a variety of settings.

We have created a curriculum for an eight hour class room day and been able to prove it works with Mesa Public Schools over the last 4 years. We've turned out over 135 teams during this time and had no reported dog bites or incidents!

We are SO proud of this achievement.

There have also been hundreds of other teams that have trained with us on a private or small group basis.

You can check out this awesome program on our website www.eastvalleyk9.com