Research Projects
€0 What our Partners Pay for one of our Assistance Dogs
€15k What it costs to produce one Assistance Dog
€1million What it costs per year to operate our Charity
35 Assistance/Therapy Dogs Qualified in 2023
€0 What our Partners Pay for one of our Assistance Dogs €15k What it costs to produce one Assistance Dog €1million What it costs per year to operate our Charity 35 Assistance/Therapy Dogs Qualified in 2023
Trinity College Dublin & Central Remedial Clinic
We are currently partners in a research study with Trinity College Dublin and the Central Remedial Clinic in Dublin where an evaluation of the benefits of Assistance Dogs is being undertaken.
We are very excited about this collaboration which will research the work we are doing with our children and their assistance dogs who help them walk/ balance. We are very proud to be adding to the body of research on assistance dogs, this can only help to inform and improve assistance dog training and provision for all.
Dublin Neurological Institute
We are currently partners in a research study on the Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease with Dr Niall Lynch of the Dublin Neurological Institute where an evaluation of the benefits of having an Assistance Dog is being undertaken in relation to this debilitating sympton of Parkinson’s Disease.
University College Cork & The Irish Prison Service
“Title : An Exploratory Investigation into the effect of Dog Training Schemes in Prison on the Personal & Social Development of people who are incarcerated”
Dr Joan Cronin, UCC