Pet Partners

Bring your Pet Partners community together for something special. 🐾

Create a team for the World’s Largest Pet Walk and invite fellow pet lovers, friends, and family to join you. You can walk together in your community or take part wherever you are.

Every dollar your team raises supports the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. Your efforts help prepare registered teams for safe, meaningful visits that strengthen the human-animal bond.

Pet Partners will provide tools and support to help you build your team and reach your fundraising goal. Are you ready to lead the way?

Register your World’s Largest Pet Walk Team today: https://utm.guru/uqFLC

Scout and her handler, Tim, recently celebrated a very special milestone: their 200th visit as a Pet Partners team.

That’s 200 visits filled with tail wags, happy greetings, and moments of connection shared far beyond home. Together, they’ve visited hospitals, spent time with children at their local library, supported college students during finals week, and brought extra smiles to nursing stations during National Nurses Week.

Scout’s story is a beautiful reminder that the bond you share with your pet can become something even bigger. With preparation, care, and a heart for service, that bond can bring comfort and joy to people throughout your community.

Could your pet be ready to share the bond, too? Learn more about becoming a Pet Partners team: https://utm.guru/uqqes

A big congratulations to our newly evaluated therapy animal teams!

Each team has taken an important step in their Pet Partners journey, showing the care, preparation, and commitment that help make safe and meaningful visits possible.

Please join us in celebrating these teams as they get ready to share the power of the human animal bond in their communities.

Like this post to send them some love, and follow Pet Partners to see more therapy animals in action!

You know your pet, Pet Partners knows the journey.

Since 1977, Pet Partners has helped shape the field of animal-assisted interventions. Our founders believed what many pet owners feel every day: that the bond between humans and animals can help people feel happier, healthier, and more connected. They also knew that beyond good intentions, people need strong education, safe standards, and real support to volunteer with their pet.

That’s why Pet Partners helps you and your pet prepare for therapy animal visits with confidence. From education to evaluation to ongoing resources, we’re here to help you understand the steps and to support you and your pet along the way.

Your bond with your pet is at the heart of this work. Our role is to help you share it safely and effectively.

Read the Pet Partners story and discover our Therapy Animal Program here: https://utm.guru/up0gp

Your steps can help bring comfort to more communities.

On Saturday, September 26, join pet lovers around the world for the Pet Partners World’s Largest Pet Walk, presented by Wellness Pet Food

Start a team in your neighborhood, workplace, or community and help support therapy animal teams that bring comfort, connection, and joy to people every day.

Take the next step today. Register your walking team: https://utm.guru/upGAI

Your dog has a voice in your volunteer journey.

Before you become a therapy animal team with them, it’s important to ask: does my dog enjoy this work, too?

Our latest blog post shares what your dog wants you to know before you volunteer together, from reading body language to choosing visits that feel safe, calm, and joyful for both of you.

Because strong therapy animal teams are built on trust, care, and the human-animal bond.

Read the blog post and learn how to prepare with your dog’s well-being in mind: https://utm.guru/uqy5Z

Celebration is in order!

Please join us in congratulating the therapy animals and volunteers who recently passed their Pet Partners team evaluations. This is an exciting milestone, whether it marks the beginning of a new volunteer journey or the continuation of years of meaningful service.

Each team represents something special: a dedicated handler, an animal who enjoys connecting with people, and a shared commitment to bringing the human-animal bond into communities where it can make a real difference.

Soon, these teams may be visiting schools, hospitals, senior living communities, libraries, and other places where comfort and connection matter. We’re so proud to cheer them on as they take this next step.

Drop a comment cheering them on to help us celebrate!

When a school community is hurting, comfort can come in quiet ways.

After a tragic car accident deeply impacted a school community, Stanley the therapy dog was there as students arrived at school. Later that morning, Scott the school principal, sat on the floor with Stanley and held him close before returning to his work.

This is the power of the human-animal bond. Pet Partners Animal-Assisted Crisis Response teams are trained to support people during hard moments with care, safety, and compassion.

Stanley’s presence gave Scott a moment to pause, breath, and feel supported.

Have you ever seen a therapy animal bring comfort when it was needed most? Share your story in the comments.

Ready to lead a walk that makes a difference?

Join us on June 16 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT for the next kickoff webinar for the World’s Largest Pet Walk, presented by Wellness Pet Food.

You’ll learn how to organize your walk, bring a team together, and raise funds to support the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. We’ll share simple tips to help you feel ready for walk season and make your impact even bigger.

Whether you walk with friends, family, coworkers, or classmates, you’ll be part of a nationwide celebration of the power of therapy animals.

Sign up for the next kickoff webinar and get ready to lead the way: https://petpartners-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/JEAV0sqASf6sKliyZMwotQ

What moment with your pet made your day better?

Maybe it was a happy tail wag, a quiet cuddle, a walk outside, or a look that said “I’m here.”

At Pet Partners, we see every day how our bond with animals can bring comfort, joy, and connection. These moments matter. They remind us why safe, caring therapy animal visits can make such a difference.

Tell us in the comments: What’s a moment with your pet that made you smile?