Therapy Dogs International, Inc. (TDI) is a volunteer organization dedicated to regulating, testing and registration of therapy dogs and their volunteer handlers for the purpose of visiting nursing homes, hospitals, other institutions and wherever else therapy dogs are needed.

Founded in 1976 in New Jersey (Founder, Elaine Smith).

Registers all breeds of dogs. Some dogs have pedigrees, while others have been adopted from local shelters or are rescue dogs.

Year 2007, over 15,000 handlers and approximately 18,000 dogs are registered with TDI.

We have volunteer dogs and their handlers in all 50 states as well as some in Canada.

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http://www.tdi-dog.org/