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Welcome to the Pet Therapy Society of Northern Alberta

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The Pet Therapy Society of Northern Alberta (PeTS) is a registered not-for-profit organization. Our human volunteers and their personal animals provide free pet therapy services to facilities in and around Edmonton.

A therapy animal is not the same as a service dog or an emotional support animal.  Service dogs and emotional support animals assist their individual owners/handlers, while a pet therapy animal assists other people, with the assistance of their owner/handler. 

 

Please note as PeTS partners with facilities that still have COVID Protocols, you will have to show full vaccination proof during Step 1 – Information Session or Step 3 – Prescreen Evaluation whichever is your first contact in our Centre.  You will also have to wear a mask at all times when in our Centre located at 5204 – 82 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6B 0E6

  

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The Benefits of Pet Therapy

Since the early 1990s, pet therapy has grown in popularity due to the many benefits experienced by recipients, such as:

  • Decrease in stress hormones, including cortisol, adrenaline, and aldosterone.
  • Increase in health & social inducing hormones, including oxytocin, dopamine, and endorphins.
  • Reduction in depression.
  • Development of social skills.
  • Demonstration of a healthy relationship between the animal and handler.

Staff at facilities that receive pet therapy visits note:

  • Increased participation in group events during and after a pet therapy visit.
  • Behavioral improvements in children.
  • Therapy animals are often able to draw positive responses from patients that have been withdrawn or non-verbal.
  • Pet therapy allows patients to experience positive physical contact through the interactions with a therapy animal.
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5204 82 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB T6B 0E6

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