About Us

American Poodles At Work is a Massachusetts-based program which breeds, raises, trains, and places Standard Poodles as assistance dogs. We are dedicated to providing well-trained, intelligent, healthy Poodles who enjoy working for their partners, fulfilling the assistance dogs' purpose as an unobtrusive helpmate.


Friends of APAW

We are very grateful for all of the donations that we have been given, and those that we continue to receive. As a token of our thanks, we are happy to list the names of businesses and individuals who have contributed in any way to APAW. If you have given and are not on this page please email us and we will add you -- we don't list names without permission. If you would like a link to your website or an email address posted, we would be happy to list that as well.


Puppy Donations

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Puppy Parents/Trainers

  • The Poole Family
  • The Turley Family
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Regular Puppy Petters

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Many thanks to everyone who has come at any time to socialize the pups!


Ongoing Supply Donations

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Ongoing Service Donations

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Other Recent Donations

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Jillian and Charlie - Poodle Gothic

Across the US, the most popular breeds for Service work are Labs and Goldens. After these, the next most common tend to be Poodles, Collies, and various mixes (often with a herding or retrieving breed).

Donovan in the snow