As 2023 comes to a close, we celebrate twelve new partnerships, eight facility dog internships pending partnership by year end, a new facility dog pilot program with Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) and 25 years of our transformative prison program. With the support of generous donors, committed volunteers, and partners like you we will continue to thrive in our mission to empower, educate and inspire individuals and communities through professional training and partnership of highly-skilled service oriented dogs. We greatly appreciate your consideration of Circle Tail in your year-end giving.
This year, we placed two successor dogs for individuals whose need for a dog continued once their dog passed. It costs approximately $25,000 to fully train and partner a service or hearing dog, which is provided at no cost to the individual. The follow-ups throughout the life of the team ensure that Circle Tail provides continued support, including the placement of successor dogs as needed.
We recently announced our pilot program with CPS. This year, Circle Tail placed Facility Dog, Dug, at Sands Montessori where his presence already impacts the school’s students and teachers. Circle Tail’s Facility Dogs have gone through at least a year of specialty training and provide physical, social, cognitive, or emotional assistance to community members in Greater Cincinnati.
2023 marks the 25th year for our Prison Program. During this time hundreds of incarcerated individuals’ lives have been transformed by finding purpose in training service dogs to help others. It is due to this program, along with our on-site trainers, our volunteers, and our foster families, that our teams see such success.
Circle Tail’s partners describe the impact our dogs make:
