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5 days ago · Joseph Worley and his guide dog, Galaxie /Photo courtesy America's VetDogs. Service dogs can make all of the difference, especially for military veterans. In a study conducted by Purdue University, veterans with PTS who utilized a service dog were found to have significantly lower levels of PTS, depression and anxiety than those who did not.
2 days ago · Veterans Moving Forward partnered with Pet Wants Chantilly three years ago to help feed their service dogs in training (SDiT) by providing free Pet Wants formulas through a “buy a pound, donate ...
3 days ago · This episode dives deep into veterans’ support through service dogs, highlighting the support available for those who served. Our guest, Bryan Pieschel, director of veteran services at Dogs for Our Brave, shares his enlightening journey from an army medic in Baghdad to supporting wounded veterans.
2 days ago · The Mission of WAGS 4 WARRIORS is to. unite veterans whom upon returning home from war suffer with PTSD or TBI with an appropriate dog, and to provide all of the training, equipment and support for the dog to become the veterans service dog at NO COST to the veteran.
1 day ago · A Middletown man has been giving back to veterans and people living with autism. Glenn Rodriguez, a New York native with Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage, began his dog training career in 2011. He moved to Connecticut three years ago and joined the Forever in My Heart Foundation, where he became a certified dog trainer.
4 days ago · Welcome to “D-Harmony,” where dogs and humans find their perfect match. But this isn’t your typical matchmaking service—it’s Warrior Canine Connection (WCC), a nonprofit organization that breeds, trains and places highly skilled service dogs with Veterans with visible and invisible wounds.
4 days ago · On Friday, Rep. John James, R-Mich., and Susan Wild, D-Pa., introduced legislation to boost financial coverage of veterinarian costs for retired federal working dogs — including military mutts — to ensure those costs don’t become a burden to their former handlers or new owners. James, who served with the Army in Iraq, said the bill ...
