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Man Punches Veteran Who Doesn’t Let Daughter Pet Service Dog
Repeat after us: You cannot pet a service animal while it’s working. It doesn’t matter whether that service dog is helping a blind person, an amputee or a person suffering […]
PTSD Clinic Turns Away Veteran’s Service Dog
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that affects a multitude of military veterans. Many of those same veterans are assigned service dogs to help calm their anxieties and avoid panic attacks. […]
Community Rallies to Reunite Ailing Veteran with His Dogs
When Navy veteran James Pack suffered a heart attack in September, he was forced to surrender his two dogs, Bailey and Blaze, to a local shelter. But as his recovery […]
Air Force Vet and Dog Trainer Donates Dog to Replace French K-9 Diesel
Air Force veteran Ken Licklider was saddened when he learned that a French police dog named Diesel was killed by a suicide bomber in the aftermath of the devastating Paris attacks. […]
Injured Military Dog Captures Hearts–Including a Purple Heart
A photo of an injured military dog named Rocky recovering in a hospital has gone viral thanks to the Purple Heart looped around his collar. Rocky and his partner, Specialist Andrew […]
New Law Guarantees Military Dogs A Trip Home with Handlers
Thanks to an amendment to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, retired military dogs will have a guaranteed ticket home from overseas. When military dogs were deemed unfit for service […]
Internet Provider Fires Army Veteran Employee over Service Dog
We’ve head this story a dozen times over. A military veteran walks into a bar/airline/office with his or her service animal. The business owner/employee/boss who doesn’t understand federal law refuses […]
Bullet-Proof Armor Developed for Police and War Dogs
If there is anything that can bring two countries together, it’s puppies. The world mourned when Diesel, a seven year-old explosive-sniffing dog, was killed by a suicide bomber during a […]
Watch Vietnam Vet ‘Stray Dog’ Talk to a Therapist About Guilt, War & the Evil He’s Done
“If you found it within you to actually forgive yourself, would you be dishonoring them?” Vietnam veteran and motorcycle-riding Ron “Stray Dog” Hall’s therapist asks him, referring to his fallen […]
Anti-Terror Dog Dies Rooting Out Paris Jihadists
A heroic police dog named Diesel was killed in Paris Wednesday night after searching for alleged terrorist attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud in a city apartment. The seven year-old Belgian Shepherd, […]
Slain War Dog Major Mike Receives Burial Worthy of His Heroism
A four-legged hero was laid to rest Wednesday in a manner fitting of his heroism and military service. Major Mike, a military dog who won two Bronze Stars for his […]
Marine Reunites With and Adopts Former Military Dog
After spending several combat tours apart, two Marine veterans have reunited at last. One of them is Sgt. Andrew Mulherron, a machine gunner who served in Afghanistan. The other was his partner […]
Heroic Former Army Dog Being Treated Like a Prisoner of War in North Carolina
Would you chain a hero to a tree? Would you shackle them, a champion of life, and throw them in a cage? With no water or anything? With no freedom? […]
Report: Chinese Scientists Have Created Super Military Muscle Dogs
If we, the good people of the United States, ever had to wage war against the mega-populous power that is the People’s Republic of China, one familiar sign in particular […]
Veteran Seeks Military Honors for Slain Service Dog Major Mike
Last weekend, military service dog Major Mike was shot and killed by bicyclist while his owner, former Ranger Sgt. Matthew Bessler, was out of town. As Mike’s story has spread […]
Bronze Star Combat Dog Shot Dead By Gun-Toting Bicyclist
When retired Army Ranger and 20-year veteran Matthew Bessler returned home from Iraq with PTSD, he didn’t come alone. He brought back his military dog Major Mike, a nine year-old […]
Wounded Warrior’s Service Dog Acts as Best Man in Wedding
When U.S. Army veteran Justin Lansford decided to get married, he knew who he wanted standing beside him as his Best Man, er, Dog. Lansford was gravely wounded while serving in […]
Meet Commander Joe, Pentagon’s Only ‘Stress-Sniffing’ Dog
He’s no regular Joe. He’s a dog. Pet him. Whistle for him. But when you do, have some respect. Call him “Commander Joe”. Not only for the reason that it is […]
Military Service Dog Booted From Airline Hours After Receiving Dog of the Year Award
While the service dogs that help our wounded warriors and combat veterans all deserve a round of applause, only one gets the title of National Service Dog of the Year. […]
Tuckered Out Military Dog Falls Asleep Standing Up
When your commanding officer tells you to stand at attention, you do it even if it means losing a few precious moments of sleep. This military dog has a similar […]