Heeling House

02/17/2025

Congratulations to the 5 wonderful families that received their Service Dogs this afternoon!!
It was a wonderful day for all of our Heeling House Family!
We are so grateful to everyone who made this event such a success!
* Our Puppy Raisers who helped raise these 5 service dogs.
* Our Wonderful Sponsors: Lowes Island Elementary, Lake Anne Elementary, Sunset Hills Montessori School, Steampunk.
* Thank you to Anything's PAWSible and Service Dog Puppy Program at LCADC
* Our 4 legged friends also got to enjoy a fantastic dog cake by Wiggle Butt & Whiskers!

Thank you Fraizer Community Center(Cascades Community) for donating the use of this fantastic venue. Which got beautifully set up with the help of the Girl Scouts Troop!

02/15/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Joy, Toby, Dottie & Shirley hope you had a wonderful day and received plenty of puppy love as well!!

02/08/2025

A huge thank you to StageCoach Theatre Company for letting our service puppies in training join them last evening for an amazing show of Magic and Mischief with Dr.Ken Jones and Alec Negri! The pups had a wonderful time practicing good manners while out and were fascinated by everything they saw (don’t worry, we won’t give away any surprises).

Also a big thank you to Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce for connecting us!

01/07/2025

It's that time again! Do you have a child or know a child that would like to lend us a hand with some therapy dog training? We need as many kiddos as possible (ages 5 to 18) to come out to our office this Thursday, January 9th from 7:00pm to 7:45pm to help us train our up and coming therapy dogs. These nights are always a lot of fun, so don't miss the opportunity! Please send us a message, or email [email protected] to reserve your spots and get more details.

01/06/2025

Are you looking to volunteer more in 2025? Need service hours for school? Just want to spend more time with dogs? Well Heeling House is looking for help with our Service Dog Training Program!

We have new puppies joining the program this winter and we need help with Field Trip Handling. We are looking for volunteers who can handle a puppy on a training outing. Training outings will meet for one hour each week at a different location in the Northern Virginia area. During outings we work on exposing puppies to things they may see in their future jobs while also working on good behavior and obedience. Past outings have included Dulles Town Center, bowling, the movies, and more. Children and teens are welcome to volunteer. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

If you are looking for more time with a puppy, we are also looking for Weekend Puppy Raisers. Weekend Puppy Raisers will take puppies into their homes Saturday through Tuesday to keep up with house manners and socialization. Any amount of time is helpful even for a trial weekend!

If you are interested in Field Trip Handling or Weekend Puppy Raising, or have more questions, please reach out via email [email protected] or apply to volunteer through our website.

01/04/2025

Keeping all of the Heeling House Service Dogs In-Training can be a big task, you know how labs love to eat!

Now you can help feed these dogs and puppies with Pet Wants Chantilly food match program. For every pound of food purchased, Pet Wants Chantilly will donate one pound. This means, when you use the Heeling House link, Pet Wants Chantilly will donate the same amount of food to the Heeling House.

The quality of food is fantastic and the variety will satisfy any pup. So go ahead and check out the link in this post (https://www.petwantschantilly.com/chantilly/product/588578/27810017-Heeling_House) or visit Pet Wants Chantilly through our website (www.heelinghouse.org)

For every pound of food purchased, Pet Wants Chantilly will donate a pound.

12/18/2024

Service Puppies In-training Rocky and Peppy were amazed at what they found under the tree! 🎄

Heeling House pups received an amazing gift from Pet Wants Chantilly. Carla from Pet Wants Chantilly generously donated food for the pups in the service dog training program. This donation will help to ensure our pups are receiving high-quality food and support the costs Heeling House pays to care for these pups.

If you are looking for ways to get involved or would like to keep some puppies fed, Pet Wants is offering a food purchase match program. You can purchase food for Heeling House through Pet Wants Chantilly, and Pet Wants will match your purchase. Everyone knows how much labs love to eat, so double the food means a happy lab!

We can't express our appreciation in our words, but our pups will be sure to share some extra kisses!

12/11/2024

We are getting into the festive spirit! 🎀

Therapy dog Chance and handler Stef spent their Saturday with Trisha at TLC Occupational Therapy, LLC to spend some time with the kiddos. Chance helps the kids work on their social skills by playing games and celebrating the holiday season.

One of Chance's favorite things is tennis balls and playing fetch 🥎. Chance definitely hopes those end up in his stocking this Christmas.

We hope you all are getting in the spirit as well!

12/10/2024

Looking for a way to keep your kids warm and busy this winter break? Come join us for our Winter Junior Trainer camp!

We are holding a special session of camp this year Monday, December 30th through Friday, January 3rd from 9am to 4pm each day. Camp is open to all kiddos between the ages of 9 and 14 who would like to learn more about dog care and training (we will provide the dogs for camp).

Don't miss this opportunity .. space is limited, so register now at https://www.heelinghouse.org/book-online

12/07/2024

🎉What a Paw-ty!🎉

Huge thanks to Velocity Wings Potomac Falls, Heeling House Volunteers, and the rest of the community who came out to fundraise for Heeling House. This year's fundraiser was a blast with lots of good food, great music, and fun games.

It was also a big night for Heeling House dogs! Therapy pups Toby, Joy, and Service Dog in-training Rollo joined in the party to represent the work our dogs can do. 🐾

The party and public atmosphere were a great training experience for little Rollo while letting everyone get in their dose of puppy time!

If you missed the party and want to get involved or donate to Heeling House's programs, check out our website www.heelinghouse.org

12/03/2024

🎄Tis the season of giving! 🎄

Velocity Wings Potomac Falls is generously hosting Heeling House as their fundraising recipient this December. Visit Velocity Wings Friday, December 6th for food, drinks, live music, and puppy snuggles. A portion of all proceeds made on this day will be donated to Heeling House.

Heeling House staff and pups will arrive for the party at 7:00 PM. There will be dogs for visiting and a table for donations.

Join us at:
Wings Potomac Falls
20789 Great Falls Plaza
Sterling, VA 2016
https://www.velocitywings.net/sterling

11/28/2024

🐾Thankful at Heeling House🐾

We are feeling extra grateful this year to our service dogs, therapy dogs, puppy raisers, volunteers, sponsors, all of our pawrents & all of their adorable pups! Special Thanks to our amazing community as well!

Pictured is Joy & Pika, two of our lovely therapy dogs.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us!

11/01/2024

We hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween! Heeling House had a float in the Leesburg Halloween Parade, and our service dogs in training were represented with the beverage theme this year! We were also happy to have some of our therapy dog teams join us. We had a wonderful time being out in the community, giving out candy, and raising awareness for the work that we do! All the dogs did great with the moving float, costumes, and the commotion of the parade.

Thank you to our puppy raisers, therapy dog teams, and other volunteers for coming out and helping with the float! What would you order off of our menu?🥤🧋
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10/30/2024

Our candy themed service puppies in training had training class last night where they practiced their down stays, heeling, and sitting! Charlie, Hershey, Peppi, Mars, Rocky, and Snickers all did such a great job focusing on their handlers even though they were all together! They had a fun time socializing at the end. We just know hearing all there names is making it hard to resist the Halloween candy until tomorrow, so we hope these pictures of hardworking puppies can hold you over until then! 🍫🐕‍🦺🍭🦮
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10/29/2024

We hope you had a wonderful Monday and a great start to your week! Last week, therapy dog in-training, Joy, got to experience a fun school day at Deer Park Elementary School.

What could be better than snuggling with a pup after a hard day?

10/26/2024

Meet the newest service puppy in-training, ready to take on the world! Loudoun County Animal Services reached out when this little lady was surrendered to see if she would make a good fit for our programs. Now, this rescue pup has a new lease on life!

She begins her service training in the Heeling House Service Puppy Program. In the program, Heeling House has partnered with Loudoun County Sheriff's Office where select inmates will teach this puppy what she needs to know for service work from obedience to foundational skills. We hope to keep you updated on her progress!

This puppy doesn't have a name just yet! Her planned graduating class has a "candy" name theme. Head over to the Loudoun County Animal Services to place your vote for her new name.

10/25/2024

Heeling House Service Dogs In-Training had a big week with a visit to the vet. These pups got their vaccines updated to keep them going strong. The health and well-being of a working animal is critical to a long and happy career.

We are so grateful to work with Nova Animal Hospital - Ashburn VA who has taken such great care of our dogs. Just look at all these smiling faces!

10/09/2024

It's that time again! Do you have a child or know a child that would like to lend us a hand with some therapy dog training? We need as many kiddos as possible (ages 5 to 18) to come out to our office tomorrow, Thursday October 10th from 7:00pm to 7:45pm to help us train our up and coming therapy dogs. These nights are always a lot of fun, so don't miss the opportunity! Please send us a message, or email [email protected] to reserve your spots and get more details.