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Dogs Playing for Life (DPFL) is actively redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for sheltered dogs across North America. Our in-person playgroup and training seminars, Mentorships, and Shadow Program provide shelter staff and volunteers with the knowledge...

Trust us, you’re going to want to see this the whole way through. We’ve had the privilege of visiting the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter twice to provide seminars to their incredibly dedicated team. Recently they shared the transformation of a...

We have a soft spot for all of the dogs that come to Canine Center Florida (CCF), but some just work their way into our hearts a little bit deeper. Patton (whose friends call him Tuna) has been with us...

Episode 153: Aimee Sadler, Founder and CEO of Dogs Playing for Life, takes some time to discuss the ins and outs of our mission, running playgroups, how it all began, and more interesting tales from her personal and professional journey...

Dogs Playing for Life is committed to helping ALL shelter dogs, but we can't do it without your support. Now, thanks to a special match from the Animal Farm Foundation, your gift up to $10,000 will be doubled until September 30, 2020. That...

In early 2020, the United States saw its first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. On March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency, and less than two weeks later, the United States led the world in confirmed coronavirus...

We couldn’t be prouder of Lexie Malone, Director of our Canine Center Florida, who was part of the very first class to pass Ivan Balabanov’s Training Without Conflict Certification exam! Lexie works so hard on behalf of the dogs and...

In July 2017, Dogs Playing for Life visited Kokomo Humane Society to implement our Every Dog, Every Day! Seminar to teach them how to enrich the lives of their dogs by running daily playgroups. Since then, we've helped them become...