Can Do Canines

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Animals
Health & Medicine
People with Disabilities

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9440 Science Center DriveNew Hope, MN 55428 United States

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http://www.candocanines.org

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ASL Interpretation

Flexible Schedule | New Hope, MN 55428

As an organization that serves deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, we frequently have meetings and events where we need the assistance of people certified in ASL. If this is a skill you possess, we would love to be able to reach out to you to see if you are available and interested in interpreting one-on-one for client meetings, Check In Tables at events, and for volunteers who are deaf and want to help at our events and projects. We also utilize ASL Interpreters to provide on-stage interpretation during presentations and event programs. If you are certified in ASL and want to volunteer to use this skill, we would love to have you join us!

Date Posted: 2024-11-08
Host a Dog in Your Home for 2 Weeks

Flexible Schedule | Waseca, MN 56093

Host (aka foster) an assistance-dog-in-training in your home for 2 weeks! Our dogs spend 8 months in training with carefully chosen inmate handlers at Waseca Federal Correctional Institution. During the 8 months in the training program, the dogs go to homes of volunteers near the prison for 2 2-Week Home Stays, in order to maintain good house manners and get exposed to as many social and public situations as possible. Can Do Canines provides knowledgeable training staff to support you, all of the dog food, and vet care. By helping host a future assistance dog in your home, you are enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. These dogs will grow up to bring their people more freedom, independence and peace of mind. Plus, you get to snuggle with a life-changing dog!

Date Posted: 2024-11-08
Host a Dog in Your Home for 2 Weeks

Flexible Schedule | Rochester, MN 55904

Host (aka foster) an assistance-dog-in-training in your home for 2 weeks! Our dogs spend 8 months in training with carefully chosen inmate handlers at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester. During the 8 months in the training program, the dogs go to homes of volunteers near the prison for 2 2-Week Home Stays, in order to maintain good house manners and get exposed to as many social and public situations as possible. Can Do Canines provides knowledgeable training staff to support you, all of the dog food, and vet care. By helping host a future assistance dog in your home, you are enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. These dogs will grow up to bring their people more freedom, independence and peace of mind. Plus, you get to snuggle with a life-changing dog!

Date Posted: 2024-11-08
Host a Dog in Your Home for 2 Weeks

Flexible Schedule | Black River Falls, WI 54615

Host (aka foster) an assistance-dog-in-training in your home for 2 weeks! Our dogs spend 8 months in training with carefully chosen inmate handlers at Jackson Correctional Institution. During the 8 months in the training program, the dogs go to homes of volunteers near the prison for 2 2-Week Home Stays, in order to maintain good house manners and get exposed to as many social and public situations as possible. Can Do Canines provides knowledgeable training staff to support you, all of the dog food, and vet care. By helping host a future assistance dog in your home, you are enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. These dogs will grow up to bring their people more freedom, independence and peace of mind. Plus, you get to snuggle with a life-changing dog!

Date Posted: 2024-11-08
Help Raise a Future Assistance Dog!

Flexible Schedule | New Hope, MN 55428

Raisers host (aka foster) puppies and dogs in their homes while they grow up and get trained in. Hosting can be as short as one week, as long as two years, and anything in between! It is your choice how long you agree to host a dog in your home for our program. You choose dogs to bring into your home based on: dates they are looking for hosts, length of hosting need, how old they are, and what city they are located in. We have amazing trainers to teach you how to raise and train a future assistance dog. Raisers will learn positive reinforcement training techniques in class once a month and get comfortable taking the puppy on public outings (to places like stores and libraries) three times a week. Can Do Canines covers the costs of the dog food, vet visits, and monthly preventatives! Volunteers in this program should live near (or be willing to drive to) the Twin Cities area or Eau Claire, WI to pick up and drop off dogs, to attend training classes once a month, and to bring dogs to receive vet care at our facility in New Hope, MN. By helping as a Raiser for a future assistance dog, you are enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities. These dogs will grow up to bring their people more freedom, independence and peace of mind. Plus, you get to snuggle with a life-changing dog!

Date Posted: 2024-11-08

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Mission Statement

Can Do Canines is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities by creating mutually beneficial partnerships with specially trained dogs.

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Our assistance dogs fetch amazing things. They provide the gifts of freedom, independence, and peace of mind to our clients and their families. These wonderful canines are specially trained for our clients who live with disabilities that involve mobility challenges, hearing loss or deafness, seizure disorders, autism, or diabetes complicated by hypoglycemia unawareness. Dogs, training and supplies are provided to each client free of charge thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers and contributions from generous individuals, corporations, foundations and service groups like the Lions.

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by Dee H. (2011-12-23 18:57:58.0)

I have been volunteering at Can Do Canines for the past 2 years in many different areas. The best feeling our family can get is watching one of the puppies we raised and train become a certified service dog. The staff is fun to work with and the training staff is top notch! They are willing to help with any questions we have. Take a tour and see what greatness this organization achieves, but bring kleenex because I promise it will move your heart.

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by Stephanie S. from Minneapolis, MN (2009-08-07 11:18:30.0)

This is a fanstic organization that truly cares about their mission of providing service dogs to people who need them free of charge. There are also many different capacities to help them, from office work, to special events,to raising a puppy, to watching dogs while their regular raiser is out of town. It has been a great match for me, becasue there are many things that I can do in the free time of my busy schedule.

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