BELLA’S BUDDIES PARTNERS WITH LOUISA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The best good thing
is the smallest gesture of kindness. It is a word unspoken, a quiet understanding, an unbroken connection, an opportunity to improve life for a stranger.
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Never Alone.
Connecting communities with highly-trained dogs to promote physical and emotional well-being.
We envision stronger communities using human-canine partnerships to promote well-being, independence, and meaningful connections. Bella's Buddies K9U program partners with schools to train dogs in unique settings, providing purpose-trained outcomes to serve veterans, students, and local organizations, ensuring those in need are never alone.
Bella’s Buddies Inc. joins organizations with canines that are trained to alert and respond to specific needs in order to increase social and behavioral proficiencies, promote physical wellness, and encourage independence in solitary and social environments.
The Bella’s Buddies K9U program vision includes public school students in the training of golden retrievers for use as future facility and therapy dogs for organizations who focus on veterans and schools in need. K9U responds to schools and communities in crisis by providing Animal Assistive Intervention teams who are trained in conflict resolution and grief response.
The Bella’s Buddies K9U training program works to promote public school student interest in contributing to society and appreciating the service of veterans by utilizing classroom settings to train future facility, therapy and emotional support dogs for organizations who seek to enrich the lives of individuals using animal assistance.
Take a look at our mission coming to life in schools and organizations across the nation!
Please consider helping Bella’s Buddies achieve our goals
Bridging Generations Using Animal Assisted Therapy
Members of the DogSquad learn in K-12 classrooms, helping kids with special needs in speech therapy, occupational therapy, and academics! The DogSquad offers students the chance to make a mistake without judgment or correction. We also help with behavior support in the areas of bullying, completing tasks and self-worth. Our one-of-a-kind K9U program focuses specifically on utilizing teachers, students and dogs in training to create a symbiotic relationship in which all stakeholders can benefit. Teachers foster dogs in training and the K9s go to school with them each day. Students earn time with the dogs to teach them basic obedience and tricks, increasing difficulty as the year progresses. Students report less test anxiety and improved concentration during assignments. Attendance and test scores increase, as does student participation in extra curricular activities and class discussions.
Some of our canine buddies help in various health-related environments when they graduate. They can often be found comforting patients young and old in hospitals and nursing facilities. They even make house calls. Some of our puppies have grown up to be VIPs in their families, alerting mom when she is needed in another room or keeping grandma safe. The DogSquad has helped with grief and crisis support, Hospice needs and in physical therapy labs where they aid in mobility. Often, Bella’s Buddies can be found in homes for the elderly where they bring joy to patients and staff. Over the years, many ROTC students have volunteered with our organization, swapping stories and “good bull” with sheltered veterans.
SERVICE DOGS
Bella’s Buddies prioritizes educational institutions and federal, state and local agencies who serve veterans and active duty military service members. Bella’s Buddies does not task-train service dogs for individuals. There are many service dog organizations throughout the United States. Each is focused on training canines to help with very specific disabilities. Please contact a local service dog organization near you for more information.