A Peoria nonprofit trains shelter dogs to support veterans
Soldier's Best Friend trains shelter dogs as service companions for Arizona veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. One veteran says he and his dog, Midnight, are changing two lives at once.
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Soldier's Best Friend, based in Peoria, trains shelter dogs as service companions for Arizona veterans living with PTSD or traumatic brain injury, Arizona's Family reported. One veteran said he and his dog, Midnight, are "changing two lives at once." The pairing takes a dog out of a shelter and gives that veteran a trained companion. The quote is his description of that exchange, not a measured result for every participant.
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Soldier's Best Friend, a nonprofit in Peoria, Arizona, trains dogs from shelters to be companions for veterans, Arizona's Family reported. The veterans it serves are living with PTSD or a traumatic brain injury. One veteran said he and his dog, Midnight, are "changing two lives at once." That means the dog leaves a shelter and the veteran gains a partner. The program trains shelter dogs for that role. It is help for those veterans and those dogs, not a claim about every veteran in the state.
- How can one dog change life for a person and for the dog?
- Why start with a shelter dog instead of a dog that already has a home?
- What kind of training might a dog need before it lives with a veteran?
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