Causes: Animal-Related, Animal Training, Animals, Military & Veterans Organizations, Veterans

Mission: K9s For Warriors is ending veteran suicide and returning our Warriors to a life of dignity and independence. We rescue and train shelter dogs to be paired as Service Dogs for Warriors with service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury and/or Military Sexual Trauma.

Results: Founded in March 2011, K9s For Warriors has paired more than 650 Warrior-dog teams and rescued nearly 1,300 dogs (as of February 2021). K9FW has graduates in 48 states, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.

Target demographics: Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress, traumatic brain injury, and/or military sexual trauma return to a civilian life with the help of a service dog.

Direct beneficiaries per year: Pair 58 Warrior-Dog teams despite the fact that COVID-protocols forced us to reduce the size of our monthly Warrior classes by nearly two-thirds in 2020.

Geographic areas served: Nationwide

Programs: A 21 day, in-house training program for veterans where they learn to work with a service dog to mitigate the symptoms of their disabilities. Roughly 90-percetn of the dogs in our program come from rescue shelter or are owner-surrendered.