Helping and Healing Paws

10/03/2025

🐾 Meet Nina, a gentle giant and 6-year-old English Mastiff who’s been stealing hearts at St. Anne’s School! 💙

Nina loves her job providing comfort to students and staff—and she’s especially famous for being the best reading-time pillow around. 📚🐶 Nothing like a warm, furry friend to make storytime extra special!

09/26/2025

🐾📚 Round two of tail wags and stress relief! Our second shift of Helping and Healing Paws therapy dogs and their dedicated handlers visited UNW for the end-of-semester De-Stress event this past April—and they didn’t disappoint! 🐶💆‍♀️💙

From snuggles to smiles, our teams were there to help students unwind, recharge, and head into finals with a little more calm and a lot more love.

09/19/2025

🐾💙 In May, our Helping and Healing Paws therapy teams made a special visit to the students at Cambridge Isanti High School!

With wagging tails and warm hearts, our dogs helped bring comfort, connection, and a few well-deserved smiles during a busy time of year. We’re always grateful for the chance to support students through the power of the human-animal bond. 🐶✨

09/12/2025

🎪🐾 Step right up for smiles and snuggles! Our Helping and Healing Paws therapy dogs and their amazing handlers brought the paw-some circus to Bee Hive Homes – Elk River! 🎉🐶

Dressed to impress for Circus Theme Day, our furry friends helped spread joy, laughter, and a little bit of clowning around to brighten everyone's day. ❤️

09/06/2025

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09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day from Helping and Healing Paws!

08/28/2025

🎡🐾 Come Visit Helping and Healing Paws at the Minnesota State Fair! 🐶❤️
We’ll be at the Pet Pavilion TODAY from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., sharing smiles, wagging tails, and the heartwarming work of our amazing therapy dogs!

Stop by to:
✅ Meet our certified therapy dog teams
✅ Learn how therapy dogs make a difference
✅ Find out how your dog can become a therapy dog too!

Whether you’re a dog lover, a future volunteer, or just need a cuddle break – we’d love to see you there! 🐕✨

📍 Pet Pavilion – Minnesota State Fair
📅 Thursday August 28th, 2025 | ⏰ 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

💛 Healing hearts, one paw at a time!

08/27/2025

🐾🎉 Happy National Dog Day! 🐶💛
Today we’re celebrating the incredible pups who bring comfort, joy, and healing wherever they go — our amazing therapy dogs!

We want to see YOUR special companions in action (or relaxing after a job well done)! 📸
👉 Drop a photo of your therapy dog in the comments and tell us what makes them so special.

Let’s fill this feed with paws, love, and purpose. 💕🐕‍🦺

08/26/2025

🐾 Is Your Dog Ready to Make a Difference? 🐶💛
Helping and Healing Paws is hosting upcoming Therapy Dog Tests in Wisconsin and Minnesota! If you and your pup are ready to bring comfort, connection, and smiles to those who need it most, join us at one of these locations:

📍 West Salem, WI
🗓️ Wednesday, August 27, 2025
🕤 Test Time: 9:30 a.m.
📌 Happy Tails Training Center, 365 South Street
📞 Contact: Tracy Harper – 608-769-4761

📍 Hugo, MN
🗓️ Saturday, October 4, 2025
🕙 Test Time: 10:00 a.m.
📌 Total Recall, 17285 Forest Blvd. N
🌐 More info: www.trdogs.com

📍 Farmington, MN
🗓️ Saturday, November 22, 2025
🕙 Test Time: 10:00 a.m.
📌 Fissan Training Kennels, 923 Eighth Street
📞 Call: 952-356-7867

✨ Join our mission of healing, one paw at a time! Whether you're just starting or ready to test, we'd love to see you there. 🐕‍🦺💕

07/02/2025

🐾📚 We’re in the news! 📚🐾
Helping and Healing Paws is thrilled to see Read with a Therapy Dog program featured in the community spotlight! 🐶❤️

Twice a month, our amazing therapy dogs and their owner, Linda, visit a local La Crosse book shop, Pearl Street Books, to offer their services of pet therapy. It’s a heartwarming way to support literacy and share the calming love of our four-legged friends.

Check out the full story here 👇
🔗https://www.weau.com/2025/06/18/la-crosse-business-brings-books-dogs-provide-relaxation-community/

Thank you to everyone who supports our mission of healing and helping through the power of the human-animal bond! 🐾💬

A book store is providing an opportunity for customers to relax through a good book, and some pups.

05/23/2025

05/11/2025

🌸 Happy Mother’s Day from Helping and Healing Paws! 🐾

Today we celebrate all the incredible moms—of both two-legged and four-legged kids! 💖
Whether you're a dog mom, a human mom, or a nurturing soul who brings comfort and care to others, we see you and appreciate you.

Our therapy dogs send tail wags and kisses to all the moms who make the world a kinder, more loving place. 🐶💐

Thank you for all you do. You are truly pawsome! 🐾💞