Working dogs for vets is a nonprofit 501 c 3 organization.
Free dog training for veterans.
Our records with the 4 paws 4 patriots system 4 paws 4 patriots is able to serve over 300 teams per year and rescue over 150 dogs per year.
Creating a welcoming environment conducive to this bonding process is crucial to the success of.
We now have heroes and volunteers in every state and we are growing daily.
At k9 partners for patriots 100 of the instructor s time is spent training with the veteran and the dog in classes of no more than 10 teams at a time.
And let s not forget our furry friends we are pulling dogs from many different shelters.
Many other service dog organizations spend most of their time training a dog for the veteran.
In addition to providing exceptionally trained service dogs to veterans in need free of charge american humane oversees intensive hands on training sessions to cultivate the important connection between the veteran and his or her new service dog.
4 paws 4 patriots is the only veterans service dog organization with a quantitative study by a major university proving that our method works and helps with ptsd.
Simply put we are concerned about our returning military veterans.
Approximately only 25 of their time is spent training with the veteran and the service dog together.
We are also training trainers our ptsd service dog trainer academy will help put more specially trained service dogs into partnership with veterans suffering from ptsd.
It was founded in lawrenceburg tennessee and is the nation s largest service dog provider.