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VETS HELPING HEROS
max about 1 year ago
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A BIG SLOBBERY KISS TO ALL OF YOU FROM YOURS TRULY;
I have a lot of responsibility’s here at the Trading Post; some fun, some not so fun.
This is a not so fun thing; this is a matter of serious importance to me.
I was watching Fox news on Monday and they had a story on Golden Retriever service dogs for wounded warriors. As a Golden, yes I listened.
I have always thought, how I could help my people if ever a time came that they might need assistance to live there daily lives, yes we think , there for we are.
This reporter started talking about training my fellow brothers and sister Goldens so they could assist are military heroes who come back from Iran and Iraq with all kinds of terrible injuries that leave them with impaired vision, from shrapnel, amputations and Emotional issues.
A WW2 vet decided he would raise money to train Goldens and Labradors to help these heroes, with us, trained service dogs. As you know, demand for our unique services has been overwhelming.
So far this group has raised nearly 2 million dollars, and as the demand grows, the need for more donations grows; it takes $30,000 to train one of us. I know that sounds like a lot of kibble to you guys; but you do the math on cost to benefit ratio, and you will see that there is only up side and no down side.
Yes, we help them to live a more productive and rewarding life; and for some there only companions in a hurried world. You may say that our government would find it worth spending some kibble on this, but that is were, you would be wrong! No funding source exists for this training (I will keep my politics muzzled)
There is a bill being considered in the senate that would launch a government pilot program, which would fund just such a training program. As much as this makes my 4 legs weak, the bill is being sponsored by Senator Al Franken, of Minn.
To read more about the VETS HELPING HEROES PROGRAM GO TO:
To read more about the Al Franken bill go to:
If you have trouble with these links go to fox news.com For the Al Franken bill go to search and type in Al Franken service dog bill.
To this Golden, this is an issue of great importance; for as a country provides the resources, of a helping hand up to the Heroes that protect our freedom, is how we will be remembered and judged as a country in the future.
Please help in any way you can.
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about 1 year ago Trader Dan said ...
You are barking for a worthwhile cause. Keep up the good work.