🌸🐾 Spring has sprung, and with it, a new litter of adorable service dog puppies at Assistance Canine Training Services! Our little cuties are getting ready to embark on their journey to become life-changing companions for those in need, but we need your help to get them there. 🌼 #supportacts #give #support #purposebredpups #futureservicedogs #bredtowork #actdogs https://lnkd.in/eaNZzUf8
Assistance Canine Training Services (ACTS)
Non-profit Organizations
North Conway, NH 324 followers
Assistance Canine Training Services: Helping Dogs to Help People.
About us
ACTS - Assistance Canine Training Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit training service dogs for people with mobility disabilities and facility dogs for professionals using animal assisted therapy in their full-time practices or jobs. We are accredited by Assistance Dogs International and a member of Animal Assisted Intervention International. ACTS was founded in 2007 by Dorothy Hyde-Williams in memory of her son Nate who died tragically and unexpectedly in a bicycle accident. The organization still thrives today on the passion that comes from great loss and from believing in something good coming from tragedy. ACTS is proud to have been founded in memory of Nate. As a small organization headquartered in the Mount Washington Valley (North Conway) with a training center at the University of Vermont, ACTS can offer the personal services that is desirable in assistance dog training and placement. Our key volunteers each have many years of experience in dog training and in the service and facility dog fields. They are dedicated, caring, and professional and are committed to training dogs to help people. Our dogs are raised by local volunteer puppy raisers who take the puppies into their homes at the age of eight weeks and keep them for up to two years. Puppy raisers dedicate a great deal of time and money to the effort, and they are our greatest resource, outside of our dogs. They can be seen taking our puppies out to be socialized and teaching them the many skills needed to be placed as working dogs. We have working service dogs with individuals throughout New England and beyond. Our facility dog teams are in schools, counseling centers, day cares, group homes and hospitals. It is worth noting that, while our service dogs profoundly affect the life of one person, our facility dogs touch the lives of many.
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External link for Assistance Canine Training Services (ACTS)
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- North Conway, NH
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
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P.O. Box 52
North Conway, NH 03860, US
Employees at Assistance Canine Training Services (ACTS)
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We’re grateful to Associated Grocers of New England for the opportunity to visit and share our mission in action! 🐶💙 Our team had a wonderful time demonstrating how ACTS service and facility dogs are trained to support individuals with mobility disabilities and professionals in therapeutic settings. Thank you for the warm welcome and for helping us spread awareness about the impact of our work throughout New England and beyond. Together, we’re creating more independent, empowered, and compassionate communities—one paw at a time. 🐾 #actsdogs #ServiceDogsInTraining #ACTSimpact #PartnershipInAction #NonprofitWork #LinkedInForGood #GratitudePost
Today, we had the privilege of hosting ACTS - Assistance Canine Training Services for a demonstration. This accredited nonprofit trains service dogs for individuals with mobility disabilities and facility dogs to support professionals through animal-assisted therapy. Founded in memory of Nate Hyde-Williams, ACTS continues to make a lasting impact across New England and beyond. ACTS, thank you for the opportunity to learn more about your mission and the difference you make each day.
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🌟 Thank You, MaineHealth Memorial Hospital! 🌟 We’re so grateful to MaineHealth Memorial Hospital for welcoming Juno and her handler Emily! Visits like this are an incredible opportunity for our dogs in training to gain exposure to new environments, sounds, and interactions—all critical to their development as future service dogs. Thank you for opening your doors and giving our dogs the chance to grow and learn while spreading a little joy along the way. We love partnering with you to make these impactful experiences happen! 🐾❤️ #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices #ServiceDogsInTraining #CommunityPartnerships #mainehealth
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"Facility Dog Flint had his 3 year follow up recently. He is doing everything and more that we would hope for. 💜 Flint touches hearts, supports kids, provides support and companionship but most importantly, love. Flint builds connections and he gives kids a reason to come to school. Students in my class and in my school LOVE him. He and I ‘ran’ the Turkey Trot this week and all of the kids chanted, “Go Flint!” as we approached the finish line and it melted my heart. I am a better teacher because of Flint 💜 Thank you ACTS volunteers for all the work you do, it matters and you’re making a difference." -Kelley #facilitydog #animalassistededucation #animalassistedtherapy #besttherapists #dogsinschools #classroomdogs #workingdog #workingdogs #makingadifference #changinglives #helpingkids #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices
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Hickory fans will be happy to hear that Hickory and Mariah are doing great. According to Mariah, "Hickory's presence in my life is the gift of a lifetime." #servicedogs #servicedog #dogshelpingpeople #dogshelping #workingdog #workingdogs #makingadifference #buildingindependence #independence #doglove #dog #dogs #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices #uprawr.uvm
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A great big thank you to all the volunteers that helped make 2024 another amazing year for ACTS! It takes a village and we thank you all !!! #volunteerappreciation #volunteer #volunteers #actsvolunteers #sharing #giving #makingadifference #helpingdogs #helpingpeople #ourmission #actsmission #mission #volunteerdriven #supportedbyvolunteers #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices
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Congratulations to our most recent graduate Narcotics Detection Canine Juniper. Juniper graduated from Enhanced Protection Services as our first Narcotics Detection Dog. She is living in Miami with her handler Amando, who likes to call Juniper his, "Little Princess". We are all so proud of Juniper. She is doing such important work. #narcoticsdetection #detectiondog #workingdog #workingdogs #narcoticsprotectiondogs #detectiondogs #MSASecurity #enhancedprotectionservices #WarOnDrugs #detectiondogtraining #importantwork #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices
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Logan and Virginia continue to be out and about around town. Logan helps Virginia by picking up things she has dropped. Virginia continues to work on Logans training to keep him working well. You can see here that she is working on a "stay" with all sorts of Halloween distractions around him. #continuedtraining #training #dogtraining #clientdogs #clients #servicedogteams #ownertrainedservicedog #trainingdogs #trainingtips #outworking #outandabout #seen #actsdogs #assistancecaninetrainingservices
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Thanks to all our friends and supporters at the Red Parka Steakhouse & Pub in Glen. We had a great night meeting your guests and eating some great food! #supportacts #redparkapub #redparkasteakhouse #redparka #redparkaglen #glennh #northconwaynh #mwv #givingwednesday #supportinglocalcharity #supportinglocalnonprofits #conwaydailysun #valleypromotions #eatlocal #valleyoriginals #thankyou
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