Is loveonaleash.org safe?

http://loveonaleash.org/

95/100
Safe

Analysis coverage: strong · 3 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

LoveOnALeash.org is a legitimate 501(c)(3) pet therapy nonprofit with no threats detected

The site belongs to Love On A Leash, a volunteer-based animal-assisted therapy organization that certifies therapy teams (dogs, cats, rabbits) and connects them with facilities. All technical signals, domain history, and external references confirm a genuine nonprofit with no phishing, malware, or deceptive elements.

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No antivirus detections across 92 engines
Safe to visit, join chapters, or donate. Verify any local chapter directly via the site's chapter search tool before scheduling visits.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site belongs to Love On A Leash, a volunteer-based animal-assisted therapy organization that certifies therapy teams (dogs, cats, rabbits) and connects them with facilities. All technical signals, domain history, and external references confirm a genuine nonprofit with no phishing, malware, or deceptive elements.

What the site does

LoveOnALeash.org presents itself as the official site for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that trains and certifies volunteer pet therapy teams, maintains chapters nationwide, offers membership, and accepts donations via PayPal. Content includes program descriptions, chapter search, FAQ, contact forms, and a member login area.

Strongest evidence and limitations

Domain registered November 2000 (over 25 years old); Google Safe Browsing clean; VirusTotal 0 malicious detections across 92 engines; valid TLS; own-domain contact email and listed phone/address; standard analytics and donation integrations only. Web search returns only references to the organization's own chapters and activities with no complaints or warnings.

No contradictory operator identity found; page content and supplemental contact page match the nonprofit description exactly. Limitations: partial VirusTotal coverage and no independent financial audit links on the scanned page.

Practical user impact

Visitors can safely browse program information, search for local chapters, submit membership inquiries, or donate. No credential forms, downloads, or redirects observed. The site uses standard WordPress/Sucuri hosting with no aggressive monetization or deceptive patterns.

Why the score is 95

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
92
All 92 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - clean - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
loveonaleash.org

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Elderly woman with glasses smiling next to white curly-haired dog on dark background

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Elderly woman with glasses smiling next to white curly-haired dog on dark background

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    Love On A Leash® – Pet Provided Therapy

  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    2 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Web research findings

Independent findings for loveonaleash.org, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Official siteopen

    "Love On A Leash ® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an avenue for volunteer pet therapy teams"

  • Facebook chapter pageopen

    "Therapy dog club, providing pet assisted therapy for local facilities and organizations. loveonaleash.org/therapy-dogs"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domainloveonaleash.org
Redirects towww.loveonaleash.org
Hosted bySucuri
Referencesgmpg.org · griffihhs.click

Domain Timeline

  1. Nov 6, 2000
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 26 years old today.

  2. Jul 31, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

loveonaleash.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaininfo@loveonaleash.org
Phone numbers92052-4548
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (info@loveonaleash.org).
  • Phone number listed (92052-4548).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age26 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredNov 6, 2000
ExpiresNov 6, 2029
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoDaddy.com · GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1
ExpiresOct 16, 2026 (76d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingSucuri
Server locationUS
Web serverSucuri/Cloudproxy
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://loveonaleash.org/
  • 2200https://www.loveonaleash.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPSucuri
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

AntiviruspartialBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentcompleteAnalysiscompleteVisual evidenceunavailable

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 0 of 92 engines flagged
Limited
No saved finding
Freshness: stale fallback · Jul 31, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
Completed
No adverse finding
Visual evidence
Result: 1 visible observation saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 2 independent findings were saved
Completed
No adverse finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on loveonaleash.org and not a lookalike like l-oveonaleash.org or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open
Final verdictLevel 1 of 5
95/100 safety

Safe

LoveOnALeash.org is a legitimate 501(c)(3) pet therapy nonprofit with no threats detected

The site belongs to Love On A Leash, a volunteer-based animal-assisted therapy organization that certifies therapy teams (dogs, cats, rabbits) and connects them with facilities. All technical signals, domain history, and external references confirm a genuine nonprofit with no phishing, malware, or deceptive elements.

  1. 01

    The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating.

  2. 02

    Domain created 2000-11-06, 9398 days old

  3. 03

    Google Safe Browsing returned no threat warning

Safe to visit, join chapters, or donate. Verify any local chapter directly via the site's chapter search tool before scheduling visits.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance5 signals
Positive
3
Limited
1
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
75%
strong coverage
Core capabilities
3/5
completed checks
Source coverage
4/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
0/8
completed checks flagged
Technical threatNot confirmed50/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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07 · Community

Community

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08 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is loveonaleash.org legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on loveonaleash.org, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 25.7 years old, registered on November 6, 2000 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
Is loveonaleash.org safe to use?
loveonaleash.org has a Safety Score of 95/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like loveonaleash.org still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from loveonaleash.org), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from loveonaleash.org is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has loveonaleash.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report loveonaleash.org as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is loveonaleash.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — loveonaleash.org is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the loveonaleash.org domain?
loveonaleash.org is 25.7 years old, registered on November 6, 2000 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does loveonaleash.org have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — loveonaleash.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by GoDaddy.com · GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1, valid for another 76 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is loveonaleash.org hosted?
loveonaleash.org resolves to an IP operated by Sucuri in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the loveonaleash.org report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 31, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about loveonaleash.org has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.