Dogs Connect is a world-first mental health and wellness program.
We help you integrate a permanent wellbeing dog
into your workplace community.
How can dogs help with mental health?
People and dogs have been connecting naturally in many ways for centuries. Dogs provide emotional support, give people an opportunity for connection and can help with stress and anxiety.
We are not a therapy dog organisation, instead we connect communities with wellbeing dogs.
Our goal is to help your dog integrate into the community and achieve as many mental health benefits as possible.
Our wellbeing dogs can help with:
Trauma
Anxiety
Communication
Awareness
Leadership
Behaviour
Emotional regulation
The escalation cycle
Resilience
Sensory processing
Stress management
Emotional literacy
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Which communities and workplaces do we help?
Schools
Having a school wellbeing dog can help with attendance, behaviour, social connection and emotional regulation.
Special needs communities
Introducing a wellbeing dog into special needs communities can help build responsibility and social interaction.
Justice Centres
Dogs can have a positive influence on staff and offender mental health by providing an opportunity for nurturing and connection.
Aged care
Having a wellbeing dog in aged care can help residents feel less agitated and more at home.
Hospitals
Wellbeing dogs can offer caregivers moments of uplift, lightness, and connection throughout the long days and nights.
Emergency services
Our wellbeing dogs can help emergency service workers deal with the trauma they face on the job.