Assistance Canine Training Services (A.C.T.S.)
Non-Profit - North Conway, NH, US
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ACTS - Assistance Canine Training Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit training service dogs for people with mobility disabilities that confine them to a wheelchair and facility dogs for professionals using animal assisted therapy in their full-time practices or jobs. We are accredited by Assistance Dogs International and a member of Animal Assisted Intervention International. ACTS was founded in 2007 by Dorothy Hyde-Williams in memory of her son Nate who died tragically and unexpectedly in a bicycle accident. The organization still thrives today on the passion that comes from great loss and from believing in something good coming from tragedy. ACTS is proud to have been founded in memory of Nate. As a small organization headquartered in the Mount Washington Valley (North Conway) with training centers in Tuftonboro, NH and at the University of Vermont, ACTS can offer the personal services that is desirable in assistance dog training and placement. Our key volunteers each have many years of experience in dog training and in the service and facility dog fields. They are dedicated, caring, and professional and are committed to training dogs to help people.Our dogs are raised by local volunteer puppy raisers who take the puppies into their homes at the age of eight weeks and keep them for up to two years. Puppy raisers dedicate a great deal of time and money to the effort, and they are our greatest resource, outside of our dogs. They can be seen taking our puppies out to be socialized and teaching them the many skills needed to be placed as working dogs. We have working service dogs with individuals throughout New England and beyond. Our facility dog teams are in schools, counseling centers, day cares, group homes and hospitals. It is worth noting that, while our service dogs profoundly affect the life of one person, our facility dogs touch the lives of many.
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