Greetings!

    Thank you for your interest in Compassionate Canines! This
    volunteer-based group was formed in 2009 in an effort to
    provide therapy dog teams a connection to one another and  
    the opportunity to be part of a more coordinated therapy dog
    volunteer effort in the Fox Valley.  We are all committed to
    bringing comfort, support, and animal companionship to those
    who can benefit.

Compassionate Canines, Incorporated is organized specifically to:
  • bring volunteer therapy dog teams together for the purpose of education, support,
    networking, and coordination of therapy dog team efforts in the Fox Valley area,
  • provide comprehensive therapy dog training and initial & ongoing education to
    interested handlers who wish to volunteer with their dog,
  • provide people residing in various health care settings in the Fox Valley area the
    opportunity for support, comfort, and animal companionship through therapy dog
    visits by highly trained, qualified volunteer therapy dog teams,
  • provide opportunities for therapy dog teams to visit people of all ages in other
    appropriate, safe settings, and
  • engage in other activities related to educating the public about therapy dogs.

I've been a dedicated therapy dog trainer, handler, and volunteer for eighteen years. We
currently share our home with three registered therapy dogs: Beamish, Dudley, and
Madigan. In addition to volunteering with my own dogs, I am a tester/observer for
Therapy Dogs, Incorporated and an American Kennel Club-Canine Good Citizen tester.









I have had the great pleasure of meeting and mentoring many therapy dog teams in our
Fox Valley community over the last eight years. I truly appreciate the fellow volunteers
I've met and am in awe of the selfless work they perform with their therapy dogs. If you
happen to see a therapy dog and their handler volunteering in the community, be sure to
stop, ask permission to pet their dog, and learn all about the valuable work they perform.
If you're a therapy dog team already volunteering in the community, please consider
joining Compassionate Canines, Incorporated!

               
   - Molly Johnson, president & founder
Compassionate Canines,
Incorporated
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization