We would like to thank our veterans, soldiers, and their K-9 comrades for all their sacrifice and service both at home and abroad.  Please visit http://uswardogs.org/id40.html and learn more about what our four legged friends do for our country. 

Here is a brief description from their website:  "It has been estimated that these courageous canine heroes saved over 10,000 lives during the conflict in Vietnam.  Today all branches of our Armed Forces are utilizing Military Patrol Dogs specializing in Drug and Bomb/Explosive detection.  There are approximately 600-700 of these canines in the Middle East in such places as Kuwait, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.  They are being used to patrol Air Bases, Military Compounds, Ammunition Depots, and Military Checkpoints.  They are guarding and protecting our Military Personnel as they were trained to do with Courage, Loyalty and Honor."

Here are some of the activities of this association:
-    Service dogs now receive verbal accolades and recognition for their services and there are associations such as the U.S. War Dog Association that in 2006 had a beautiful sculpture of a military dog and handler completed in New Jersey. However, the association had to raise most of the funds for this on its own.
-    The U.S. War Dogs Association continues to work on other ways to honor these service animals. For example it petitioned the US Postal Service to have a commemorative stamp for military working dogs.
-    This association helps find loving homes for retired military and police dogs and the military does have a retirement program for their canines.
-    Military dogs can now be allowed to retire early and be adopted by their handlers following an injury.
-    This organization works tirelessly to send care packages to the military working service dogs and their handlers overseas.

Again thank you for your service!