Service Dogs

The PAWS program helps Veterans diagnosed with PTSD in a nontraditional therapeutic approach, from combat to canines.

Black Lab Raisin reminds Veterans of life outside the hospital, brightens their lives with her endless capacity for joy.

Discover how nonprofit, Leashes of Valor pairs post-9/11 Veterans with service dogs from shelters, aiding recovery from PTSD, TBI, and other military traumas.

VA security guard photographs service dogs as her “Way of giving back to Veterans who have given so much up for us.”

K9s for Warriors provides highly trained Veteran service dogs for Veterans who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and/or military sexual trauma related to their service.

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Warrior Canine Connection, an organization that helps raise these dogs and connect them with Veterans, visited VA with two golden and to black Labradors

Soldier’s Best Friend is an Arizona based non-profit that connects Veterans suffering from combat injuries, such as PTSD or TBIs, with therapeutic companion dogs.

In early January the VA Medical Center in Muskogee, Okla., became a brighter, cheerier place with the arrival of its newest staff member. Her name is Honor, and she’s only 18-months-old.

These animals are particularly important to Veterans who suffer from service-related injuries who rely on service dogs to help them accomplish tasks both big and small in their daily lives.

A DAV Life Member shares their views on the differences between and treatment of Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals.