Supporting Research

Emotional Support Animals

  • Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin

    Exploring benefits of Emotional Support Animals (esas): A longitudinal pilot study with adults with serious mental illness (SMI)

  • Social development (Oxford, England)

    Pet Dogs: Does their presence influence preadolescents’ emotional responses to a social stressor?

  • Mental Health America

    How the Human-Animal Bond Increases Resilience and Empowers Us to Thrive

Therapy Dogs

  • Journal of Veterinary Behavior

    Therapy Dogs and School Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study

  • Education Resources Information Center

    Review of the Research: Are Therapy Dogs in Classrooms Beneficial?

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

    Understanding the role of therapy dogs in human health promotion

Facility Dogs

  • National Library of Medicine, PubMed

    Exploring the implementation of child life services with facility dogs. J Child Health Care

  • JAMA Network Open

    Therapy Dogs for Anxiety in Children in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  • National Library of Medicine, PMC, PubMed Central

    Exploring the benefits of full-time hospital facility dogs working with nurse handlers in a children's hospital