Love On 4 Paws

Our certified therapy animals provide emotional support and comfort to patients in healthcare settings. This service improves emotional well-being through structured animal interactions. Programs benefit hospital patients, special needs children, and residents of care facilities.

Regular therapy animal visits occur in hospitals and medical centers across Los Angeles County. These sessions provide emotional relief for patients undergoing treatment. Volunteers follow strict health protocols to ensure safe patient interactions.

Therapy animals participate in community events to promote emotional wellness. Programs include school visits and public health fairs. These events demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of human-animal interaction.

We assess animals for suitability in therapeutic environments. Evaluation includes temperament testing and obedience verification. This ensures all therapy animals meet professional standards for patient safety.

Comprehensive training prepares volunteers for therapeutic settings. Programs include health compliance education and visit documentation procedures. Training ensures professional conduct during all therapy sessions.

Complete our online questionnaire and attend an orientation class. Your animal must pass an evaluation and meet health requirements.

We offer animal-assisted therapy visits in hospitals, healthcare facilities, and community events across Los Angeles County.

Donations support program operations, volunteer training, and animal health requirements for therapy teams.

We operate throughout the greater Los Angeles area, including hospitals and healthcare facilities in all five counties.

Animals undergo temperament assessments and obedience testing to ensure suitability for therapeutic environments.

Contact us through our website or phone number to arrange visits for healthcare facilities or community events.

We had a great experience with love on 4 Paws. Thank you John and Josie for brightening Sammys stay and mood! We are forever grateful

As a Lead Recreational Therapist for Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility in LB. I absolutely love this company. We have been using Love on 4 Paws for about 3 years now. They visit our psychiatric patients weekly and it's one of the most liked visits in our entire program. Communication from their representative Suni is beyond professional and a delight. She has been so kind to work with and communicates and advocates for her program and that is greatly appreciated.

They even take a Polaroid photo of the patient and the dog which is a great gift to have and look at during their stay as well as take with them. It is also very HIPAA compliant for our hospital. They have even been so gracious as to be willing to visit us during these difficult times of COVID and adapt to our policy and procedure changes. We will continue to work with Love on 4 Paws as long as they will have us!

My Great Pyrenees dog, Bella, and I have been a therapy dog team with Love On 4 Paws since February 2019. This is a wonderful organization that provides opportunities to visit many hospital, school, group home, and retirement center sites from the South Bay to Pasadena to Santa Monica. The organization is run very professionally and there are lots of volunteer coaches to help you get started. Animal assisted therapy has been a very valuable and meaningful experience for both me and my dog, as well as the many children and adults that we visit.

Along with my labradoodle Tripp we visit hospitals to provide a diversion for the patients in the community. Many patients mention that they have a dog at home that they have been missing. The look on the patients faces we visit speaks volumes. My dog Tripp is a 3 year old labradoodle with an old soul. He is calm loves everyone. We began volunteering about 2 tears ago

Love on 4 Paws staff is negative and disrespectful. Their staff freely insult, mislead, mismanage and show aggression toward the volunteers and donors.

Without doubt, the time I spend at various facilities with Daisy, the cutest dog in the world, is the most rewarding and fulfilling time of my week. The organization itself is well organized and responsive. There are strict criteria in getting approved to join the program, and a number of 'rules' that you have to follow at each visit. All for a good reason. Love on 4 Paws is a highly organized group, and they have a great reputation at the different facilities I have been to.

I have worked with several coaches, each of whom has their own style (much like us volunteers). They run a tight ship, and the rules are put in place to protect you, your dog and the patients. Bottom line, I do this for the patients and for myself and am grateful to Love on 4 Paws for their hard work in keeping all the balls up in the air. I would heartily recommend this organization, and would also recommend this type of volunteer activity for the right pet and pet owner.

I brought my dog in a hospital room and the lady patient cried tears of happiness as she hugged my standard poodle. LO4P brings many smiles to patients in need of a friendly visit.