Brigadoon Youth & Service Dog Programs has two facets to our organization. The Youth Program and the Service Dog Program work closely together as the Youth help us to train our amazing dogs.

Service Dog Program

Brigadoon Youth and Service Dog Programs raises and trains assistance dogs for children and adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities including, but not limited to:
  • autism
  • hearing loss
  • sight impairment
  • seizure disorders
  • brain injury
  • arthritis
  • ataxia
  • multiple sclerosis
  • cerebral palsy
  • muscular distrophy
  • spina bifida
  • diabetes
  • and any mobility issue
  • but most of all they offer a form of confidence and independence to someone in the community.

Currently our waitlist for a dog is approx. 2-4 years. With the help of sponsorship and donations, we hope to be able to have more dogs in the program and reduce this wait time.

Our Programs

Brigadoon Youth and Service Dog Programs  -  4759 Mission Road, Bellingham, WA  98226
Non-profit Registration#:  27-0100385
Phone: 360.733.5388  Email: info@brigadoondogs.org

Youth Program

Our Youth Program was started with at-risk youth at the Sehome High School. Positive Association With Students (P.A.W.S.) is a youth program designed to help at-risk students in our alternative schools. These students are paired with assistance dogs in training. The Youth learn about dog behavior and how dogs learn, by learning to train the dog to which they are assigned.  They help train these amazing canines to perform special tasks, and in the process the students learn valuable life skills such as:

  • caretaking
  • dependability
  • consistency
  • follow-through
  • patience
  • positive motivation
  • anger management and
  • leadership









This program can be life changing. Students who have participated have reported a new found confidence, accountability, and a desire to come to school.  Kids and dogs working together, truely a win-win situation.

Since starting our Youth Program, we have had more and more Youth groups joining us in one capacity or another. We have Home School Students, the Explorers Club Youth Group and Parks and Recreation Youth, all volunteering with us..

We are a charitable, non-profit organization located in Bellingham, WA and serving people in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, and into British Columbia in Canada. Brigadoon Youth and Service Dog Programs relies entirely on fundraising, grants and donations to finance the Youth Programs and the care and training of our amazing dogs.

All donations are tax deductible.
Program Changes Lives!
Brigadoon
Youth & Service Dog Programs
"Offering a Helping Paw!"
Changing Lives One Partnership at a Time!