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Our Vision

We envision a community where youth, dogs, and families work together to build confidence, compassion, and connection through service.

Our Mission

Our mission is to empower youth through hands-on training with  pet dogs, building confidence and life skills while preparing therapy dog teams that bring comfort, connection, and support to the community.

Impacting Local Communities

From training to real impact, our program reaches into the community through therapy visits that bring comfort, connection, and support where it’s needed most.

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Paws and Boots for Good

We are a registered charity that empowers youth through a hands-on program where they help train carefully screened dogs from local families to become therapy dogs. Youth build confidence, communication, and teamwork skills while the dogs and their families continue on to do good in the community through therapy visits that bring comfort, connection, and reading support to children, seniors, and others in care.

Confidence for youth.
Purpose for dogs.
Good for the community.

What We do

At Paws and Boots for Good, youth take part in a structured training program where they work with carefully screened dogs from local families. Over the course of the program, youth learn safe handling and training skills while developing confidence, teamwork, and leadership. After the youth course is completed, the dogs’ families continue training with us and go on to participate in therapy visits that provide reading support to children and comfort to seniors and others in care.

This full-circle model allows youth, dogs, and families to do good together in the community.

After-School Programs

Designed as an enriching extension to the school day, our after-school programs provide youth with access to our dog training curriculum.

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Community Visits

At Paws and Boots for Good, we believe in the power of connection between youth, dogs, and the wider community.

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Community Voices

Our work is about more than training dogs, it’s about empowering youth, building connections, and creating therapy dog teams that make a difference. See what our community has to say about the impact of Paws and Boots for Good.

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At Paws and Boots, we create meaningful connections between youth and dogs.

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Events

From training sessions to community outreach, our upcoming events offer plenty of opportunities to get involved and make a difference.

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Support Us

Every dollar helps us provide training, gear, and support to youth and dogs in our program. Your contribution helps us grow pawsitive change!

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Fueling our Mission

We are incredibly grateful for our supporters who help make our programs and initiatives possible. Together, we’re creating lasting change in the lives of youth and dogs.

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