QCDOC therapy dog team

The highly-trained dogs of Quad Cities Dog Obedience Club (QCDOC) make ideal candidates to volunteer as therapy dogs! Therapy dogs  are well-mannered, well-behaved pets whose owners have trained  them to provide affection, comfort, and love to people in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and other places where visitation may be appropriate and where they have been invited.* Therapy dogs should  be friendly to people and other dogs and show no aggression or fear. 

QCDOC Therapy Dog Team members have all attained certification  in Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD). ATD is an international registry  of certified therapy dog teams with more than 17,000 members. ATD provides testing/evaluation, certification, registration, support, and insurance. QCDOC President Linda Brown is a tester/observer for ATD. To learn more about ATD and how to become a member,  visit: www.therapydogs.com

The QCDOC Therapy Dog Team is a group of caring individuals and  our special dogs who share smiles and joy with people, young and  old alike! We schedule and attend visits in the Quad Cities and  surrounding communities. Places we visit include:

• Hospitals
• Hospice Patients
• Nursing Homes
• Senior Living 
• Memory Care 
• Mental Health Facilities
• Special Needs Organizations
• Community Events
• Schools
• Libraries 

If you are a facility wishing to schedule a visit from the QCDOC Therapy Dogs, contact us!

*Therapy Dogs DO NOT have public access privileges under the Americans with Disabilities Act as do Service Dogs. Therapy Dogs must be invited to visit.