Therapy dogs and their owners do a great service by helping comfort people who are lonely, ill or stressed. Therapy dogs even help children learn to read and bring security to war veterans suffering from stress disorders.

We hope you enjoyed the story about therapy dogs in the last issue of All Dogs Welcome and learning more about the new AKC Therapy Dog title. The American Kennel Club^® now officially recognizes the selfless volunteerism of therapy dog teams with the AKC Therapy Dog title (THD). Recipients receive an AKC certificate and a patch.

All dogs are eligible to qualify for this award, including mixed-breeds and rescues, as long as they are AKC registered or listed. If you have a dog that is not AKC-registrable, you can enroll him or her with the AKC Canine Partners^SM program for ALL dogs.

And when you sign up, you also help ALL dogs. AKC donates $5 of every enrollment fee to the AKC Humane Fund to support its good works for all dogs and their owners.*

Enroll your dogs in the AKC Canine PartnersSM program by visiting our website at www.moredogfun.com or by downloading the paper form here. Remember, when you enroll your dog in the AKC Canine Partners program, ALL Dogs Win!

*For every paid $35 enrollment in the AKC Canine Partners program, the AKC will donate $5 to the AKC Humane Fund to help all dogs. Donations will not be made in the name of the individual enrollee and are not tax deductible. To make your own tax deductible donation to the AKC Humane Fund or learn more about it, visit www.akc.org/humane_fund/.