Canine Companions for Independence

Founded in 1975, Canine Companions for Independence is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships. Headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, Canine Companions is the largest non-profit provider of assistance dogs, and is recognized worldwide for the excellence of its dogs, and the quality and longevity of the matches it makes between dogs and people. The result is a life full of increased independence and loving companionship.

• Largest non-profit provider of assistance dogs
• Six regional training centers
• Four types of assistance dogs
• Reliant on volunteer and donor support
• Southwest Training Center is in Oceanside

From I-5, take 76E about five miles. Turn left on Rancho del Oro Drive. Take your first right, and then another right onto our campus.