Pets play an important role in many people’s lives and are often considered members of the family. Pets can offer companionship, affection, topics for conversation, and opportunities for reminiscing.

Because of these many benefits, we offer an animal-assisted therapy program called Pets at Duke (PAD).

Participating dogs are "therapy-certified", have completed animal-assisted therapy training sessions, and are accompanied by their owners.

Benefits of animal-assisted therapy at Duke
Meet our therapy dogs

Pet visits are offered one time per week at Duke University Hospital on units 9100 and 9300.

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke University Hospital
  2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710