Our Mission

"Working together is the key to change"

  Canine Therapy Ireland CLG are a disability-lead organisation established to train psychiatric assistance dogs for partnerships with individuals living with chronic mental health challenges and providing canine assisted therapies for mental health services. We are proud to have established initiatives to co-produce canine assisted programmes within the mental health sector enhancing recovery, integration and supports.

At the core of our mission is the introduction of Ireland's first ethically trained psychiatric assistance dog teams, reshaping the landscape of support services, and establishing a pioneering innovative model for organisations worldwide to adopt.