Helping Animals Help People Since 1995

Since 1995, we have actively trained, facilitated, and worked with service dogs, emotional support animals, therapy animals, and drug detection animals. We first operated in southeast Tennessee, working closely with various county justice and sheriff's departments.

It didn't take long to become aware of the profound need for service dogs and emotional support animals to help people with physical and emotional impairments.

As important as training these service dogs was, we came to understand that the public doesn't know much about the protections of federal laws—or even the critical need for a service dog or emotional support animal.

The light bulb switched on for CFO Denise Livingood when she was first confronted in an Oregon state park by a park ranger. She looked perfectly healthy, despite having a disability, and her service dog had no ID card, identifying patches, or apparel. Arms folded tightly across his forest green vest, the park ranger refused to let Denise and her dog into the park's restroom because state law prohibits pets in state park restrooms.

It took several minutes to convince the park ranger that her small dog was, in fact, a trained service dog. After a few similar encounters, explanations, and arguments, it was clear that having her dog wear an official ID card and vest with service dog patches would prevent most of these embarrassing confrontations.

The rest, as they say, is history. And that's ours!