Happy Paws Happy Hearts is a flip on the traditional animal therapy model.

Rather than taking pets out to visit people, we work from within a rescue shelter to facilitate group programs. This way, we can work with more people and the thousands of animals waiting to find new homes.

We offer unique animal care, handling and advanced training programs, designed to give participants a rewarding personal development experience as they prepare shelter animals for adoption or take care of our native wildlife.

People + Animal Training Programs

Our incredible staff and volunteers open the doors to rescue shelters and conservation organisations.  We work with individuals to facilitate a unique approach to animal therapy.

Through our programs, individuals learn to interact with a variety of animals waiting to be adopted. The focus is to support people to meet specific goals. Participants work as a team and spend valuable hours caring for puppies, dogs, cats, kittens and our wildlife visitors!