Canine-assisted therapy is a rehabilitation and treatment method using specially trained dogs that helps improve a person's psycho-emotional and physical state. Rescued dogs, supervised by a psychologist and a dog handler, support the rehabilitation of adults and children. The program has shown positive results, along with praise from patients at sanatoriums and health resorts who took part in rehabilitation activities together with the dogs.
Canine-assisted therapy
Rehabilitating people with the help of rescued dogs
Volunteer team in action
Summer 2025. Sarba the Alabai shows how canine-assisted therapy works with children. A little girl and a grown Alabai together show a remarkable harmony.
2025Ushba, a little wolfhound, trying to break into the bread-making at the XTRAVERSE bakery. Summer 2026.
2026Psychologist Kateryna Romanova, Buran the wolfhound (hand-fed with a pipette from just 100 grams) and a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in rehabilitation. Canine-assisted therapy in action. Summer 2026.
2026Graf the wolfhound, evacuated from near Kupiansk (Kivsharivka, Osynove) at the end of 2022. Photo taken in summer 2026 at the XTRAVERSE Animals rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds.
2022The XTRAVERSE rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds during a canine-assisted therapy session. Summer 2026.
2026Suleiman, a Caucasian wolfhound weighing over 120 kg, is the largest wolfhound at the XTRAVERSE rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds. Alongside him are little wolfhound puppies training to become therapy dogs for people. Summer 2026.
2026Suleiman, a Caucasian wolfhound, 8 years old. His latest weigh-in: 125 kg. On a walk by the lake. Summer 2026.
2026Canine-assisted therapy. Suleiman the wolfhound, our volunteer Masha and her child working with the dog. Summer 2026.
2026Arina and Suleiman the wolfhound. She is 6 years old, he is 9. She weighs 25 kg, he weighs 125 kg. Summer 2026.
2026Psychologist Kateryna Romanova (right) and a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (left) during canine-assisted therapy. XTRAVERSE rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds, summer 2026.
2026Kateryna Romanova, a psychologist at the Roshcha sanatorium, holding wolfhound puppies, with a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the background. Canine-assisted therapy in action. Summer 2026.
2026A group photo after a canine-assisted therapy session with wolfhound puppies for civilians, veterans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, patients of the Roshcha sanatorium and others. XTRAVERSE rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds. Summer 2026.
2026Canine-assisted therapy sessions supervised by a psychologist, part of the rehabilitation of veterans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Roshcha sanatorium. The footage shows wolfhound puppies after a walk with the adult wolfhounds. The veterans are taking part in a canine-assisted therapy session. Summer 2026.
2026Psychologist Kateryna Romanova with a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in rehabilitation, against the backdrop of the Roshcha sanatorium next to a pine forest that sets a calmer mood for the canine-assisted therapy session. Summer 2026.
2026Summer 2026, the forest near the XTRAVERSE rehabilitation center for giant dog breeds. Buran the wolfhound with a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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