Structuring Animal-Assisted Services:
A Practical Walkthrough of VisitOS

 

Animal-assisted services often involve a chain of hosts, coordinators, handlers, participants, and dogs, yet the information connecting them can remain scattered across messages, forms, and loose notes. In this practical forum, Michael Sampaga will introduce VisitOS, an operations and governance platform being built for animal-assisted services.

 

Through a guided visit workflow, Michael will show how VisitOS connects host intake, visit planning, dog readiness, welfare and incident documentation, participant feedback, reporting, and consented research. The session will also explore how clearer boundaries for public intake, tenant operations, sensitive visit detail, and media handling can support more responsible and reviewable practice, while recognizing what technology cannot replace: practitioner judgment, animal welfare expertise, and appropriate organizational governance.