Contributed by: Furry Friends Therapy Dogs

Furry Friends Therapy Dogs was founded by a group of like-minded persons who are involved in visits to several local caregiving facilities. In time this group evolved into an organization which, in addition to visiting various facilities, recruits, evaluates and trains other volunteers and their dogs for therapy work.

Our visits now include most of the assisted living facilities: Lifecare, Avamere, BAH, Bayside Terrace, Inland Point, New Friends, Ocean Ridge, Pacific View Senior Living, BAH cancer center, Coquille Valley Hospital and Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon. We also do visits with MP Care Center. We visited many kindergarten classes (prior to Covid). We lost many dogs and people during that time and we are currently rebuilding our ranks. We hope to be in the schools again in the fall of 2026. We have a wonderful flip chart to teach them about responsible dog ownership. We spent the summer of 2024 at the Farmer’s Market in CB to reach out to new teams.

Our group became a non-profit organization in 2004. We are now beginning our 22nd year. FF Therapy Dogs is open to persons and their companion dogs that are dedicated to the purpose and goals of our organization. We will guide them through the Canine Good Citizen test and then evaluate and welcome any dog and their human; they can be rescues, mixed breeds of all kinds. Our smallest dog is 10 lbs and our largest is close to 100 lbs.

Due to wonderful donations to our group we have scholarships available to pay yearly fee of $15.00 for those that could use them.