Sentences with phrase «veteran adopts a dog»

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Pets for Patriots helps United States military veterans adopt a new pet friend while giving the most overlooked shelter dogs and cats hope and a home.

The shelter discounts adoption fees by $ 50 for veterans in our program when they adopt eligible dogs and cats.

Kenneth is a Vietnam War combat veteran who feels that he was selfish when he adopted a shelter dog named Sam I Am, a Jack Russell terrier mix «with a Mohawk.»

Most of us know about guide dogs for blind people, but one Vietnam veteran adopted a companion pet to give the gift of sight to his blind dog.

It was great to be able to help our veterans but also to help rescue dogs that might not have been adopted to find a home and be of service rather than being put down.

It supplements adoption fees for active Military Personnel and veterans and pays for heartworm medicine for HWP dogs adopted from the Shelter (150 this year).

Assistance Dogs international (ADI), a coalition of worldwide programs that train Assistance Dogs including Guide Dogs, Service Dogs and Hearing Dogs, has adopted the first international standards for programs that provide Service Dogs to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

After identifying a veteran, we adopt one dog at a time for that specific veteran.

It is an excellent opportunity for veterans to serve their community by adopting a needy dog and enriching their own lives with canine companionship.»

The shelter offers a 50 % adoption fee discount to veterans in our program who adopt eligible dogs and cats.

Brandon is an Iraq war veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who in 2016 adopted a dog named Skyy.

As an added bonus, Blount County Animal Shelter waives pet adoption fees for veterans in our program who adopt eligible dogs and cats.

To date in 2016, our veterans discount program has helped 36 veterans adopt 25 dogs and 11 cats.

With all the talk about adopting senior dogs this month, you might consider adopting a k - 9 veteran this Veterans Day.

Adoption fees are half - price for all U.S. military services men, women and veterans who adopt a dog or cat at the Aiken County Animal Shelter (dogs $ 35, cats $ 15).

Today, veteran dogs are adopted into loving homes across the country after completing their service.

The wait to adopt a veteran dog is around 12 to 18 months, as there are often hundreds of applicants each year.

Please consider making a tax - deductible contribution to our veterinary fund to help other dogs and cats adopted by veterans through Pets for Patriots receive life - saving and life - extending care.

They can be seen in the show ring, in various dog sports including agility and weight pulling, in law enforcement work including narcotics detection (check out former Adopt - A-Bull Peaches), in search and rescue, in the armed forces, as service dogs, in our homes and as therapy dogs, like Love - A-Bull's Pit Crew, reaching out and offering comfort to people in hospices, children's hospitals, veterans programs, women's shelters, etc..

Pets for Patriots helps solve three problems: provides healing to veterans, saves lives of at - risk pets, and helps shelters / rescues adopt the most overlooked, hard - to - place dogs and cats.

Half Price Military Adoptions: Sponsored by FOTAS, adoption fees are half price for any U.S. military services men, women & veterans who adopt a dog or cat from the Aiken County Animal Shelter (Dogs $ 35 and Cats $ 15)-- fees include spay / neuter, shots, microchip.

In a curious twist, the NFL team played an unlikely role in how she came to adopt a dog through our national companion pet adoption program for military veterans.

The organization, which launched in 2010, helps troops and other veterans adopt companion pets from animal shelters — giving the most overlooked and undervalued dogs and cats a home, Zimmerman said.

It is one of two such Humane Rescue Alliance shelters that offer veterans in our program a 50 % adoption fee discount when they adopt a program - eligible dog or cat.

We were called and brought them to PA where most went into fosters, a few were adopted immediately, and some entered the program which trains the dogs to serve as companions for veterans.

Pets for Patriots inspires veterans and military personnel in its program to adopt the most overlooked shelter animals — adult and special needs dogs and cats, and large breed dogs — and in exchange offers these veterans various financial benefits to help make pet ownership affordable over the life of the pet.

KING, N.C. (March 2, 2017)-- Take Your Dog To Work Day ® creator Pet Sitters International (PSI) has announced that it is pledging a charitable contribution to Pets for Patriots ® during this year's Take Your Dog To Work Day campaign and will help promote Pets for Patriots» mission of helping veterans and military members adopt the most overlooked shelter pets.

Much of how we put donor dollars to work is more visible — dogs and cats adopted, veterans» pets supported through our veterinary fund — but we think some of the work we do behind the scenes, like working with VIP Petcare, is equally vital.

When he asked about the cost to adopt her, the shelter staff told him that the adoption fee would be waived if John adopted the dog through Pets for Patriots, a national companion pet adoption program dedicated to pairing the most overlooked shelter pets — adults, large breed dogs and special needs animals — with veterans and active duty military.

As our partner, VIP Petcare supports our mission to reduce the overall costs associated with pet guardianship, and are extending a 10 % discount for veterans who adopt dogs and cats through our program.

It helps veterans, you know, adopting a dog.»

It is only in recent years that suitable veteran war dogs are allowed to be adopted into loving homes once they are retired.

In addition to waiving adoption fees for veterans who join our companion pet adoption program, the Humane Society of Tampa Bay offers an ongoing 10 percent discount at their full - service veterinary hospital for dogs and cats adopted through our partnership.

And we offer incentives to encourage more adoptions such as waiving fees for seniors when they adopt dogs or cats who are 6 years of age or older, reduced - fee adoptions for veterans / military, frequent adoption specials, fee - free cat adoption days, and satellite adoption centers around the community.

After the Veteran's Administration decided not to provide service dogs for veterans in 2012, Cole spent $ 10,000 of his own money to adopt Kaya, a German Shepard service dog.

Through this program, all U.S. veterans can adopt a dog or cat for half the normal adoption fee and get 25 % off ARL dog training classes.

DAWS is proud to work with Pets for Patriots, an organization that helps save lives by helping United States veterans and service members adopt the most overlooked dogs and cats.

The benefits of our program make it more affordable for military veterans, like Theresa, to adopt a cat or dog.

Blue, who was adopted from the Aiken County Animal Shelter, is in training to be a service dog for a local veteran.

New York, NY — October 15, 2009 — NYC Shiba Rescue, Inc. (NYCSR), a volunteer group dedicated to the rescue of Shiba Inu breed dogs in the NY metropolitan area, today announced that our veteran foster dog, Ginger, was finally adopted on October 2, 2009.

The retired veteran urges others interested in adopting a dog or cat to consider doing so through Pets for Patriots and our companion pet adoption program for military veterans.

«My wife Christine asked how I felt about adopting another dog to break the dependency between Carly and Belle,» says the Army veteran.

Unknown to Brad at the time, the shelter had joined Pets for Patriots several months earlier and offers discounts to veterans in our program who adopt an eligible dog or cat.

While running a table at an event for a non-profit veteran organization, George heard about Pets for Patriots, and learned how the nationally operating charity helps veterans and active duty service members adopt homeless dogs and cats most in need of adoption.

The organization provides opportunities for veterans, like James, and service members to honorably adopt dogs and cats most overlooked at shelters: adult, large breed dogs and special needs pets.

At Pets for Patriots, we're proud that our program focuses on the needs of adult and other at - risk dogs and cats; many veterans in our program end up adopting an animal surrendered by a family or individual in financial distress.

Our goal is to help you get more of your most overlooked dogs and cats adopted into loving homes with veterans.