Pets For Therapy

Welcome to Pets for Therapy

Our aim is to give
Joy, Love
and Laughter

Welcome to the Pets for Therapy Web-Site

My name is Yvonne Cody and I have been conducting my "Pets for Therapy" program on the Gold Coast for 18 years. Initially I provided this service alone with my little white poodle "Jo Jo". Due to ever increasing demand for our service I have recruited and utilized the assistance of many dedicated volunteers and their equally dedicated dogs...........
......... to find out how to become a volunteer, click here.

Pets For Therapy (P.F.T.) is unique in that it facilitates the provision of therapeutic, loving and caring visits to hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, and schools, by volunteers with their friendly, temperamentally suitable, obedience trained and qualified dogs.

Our dogs range in breeds and size from the tiny to the large so there's always a dog to suit everyone's taste!

Every week these calm friendly dogs give many people, both young and old, the chance to stroke and talk to them. The dogs perform basic obedience, agility and tricks, however it's the hands on and interaction with both dogs and handlers that brings the rewards...

...click to read more about our pet therapy services