Programs we provide dogs to agree to our only three requirements:
1. The recipient is a veteran, first responder, or their family member
2. The recipient NEVER pays a dime for their trained service dog
3. We reserve the right to recover and recareer any dog that doesn’t graduate from their program.
To enhance the physical and psychological quality of life for wounded Veterans by providing custom trained mobility assistance service dogs (at no cost to the Veteran).
SMSD serves wounded Veterans with service-connected physical disabilities primarily. When canine inventory allows, we will serve Veterans with non-service-connected physical disabilities and First Responders. In addition, we will also place facility dogs in veteran medical facilities when we have a dog that is better suited to working with multiple Veterans vs an individual Veteran.
The Hero Academy
The Hero Academy provides Service dogs and Facility dogs to veterans, first responders, their families, and communities.
We strive to build safe and strong teams to foster community engagement and care for Veterans and First Responders from career through life.
Josey Ranch Pet Hospital is a veterinary reproduction clinic that offers canine reproductive services ranging from breeding and infertility issues to Cesarean sections. We are a Zoetis freeze center and take pride in providing in-depth client education and being as available as possible for your dogs breeding needs.
This is simply THE BEST reproductive vet in the DFW area. Josey Ranch Pet Hospital is our reproductive vet, and our OFA Hip/Elbow exam Veterinarian. They are available 24/7 during whelping and do thorough tip-to-tail exams on all our puppies before they go to service dog programs. I have yet to visit with them and NOT learn something!
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Viking Bags is the world's largest Manufacturer of motorcycle luggage & after market parts. Viking Bags sells leather and hard saddlebags, for some of the most popular bikes on the market. In addition to saddlebags, Viking Bags offers motorcycle sissy bar bags, solo bags, motorcycle tank bags, motorcycle windshield bags, motorcycle trunks, motorcycle tail bags, motorcycle backpacks, swing arm bags, fork bags, roll bags, handlebar bags, motorcycle baggers bags, and motorcycle tool bags.
Dog Tag Buddies is focused on helping veterans live more fulfilling lives through training and building a relationship with their dog. This helps them find methods to recognize and manage the symptoms of their disabilities, discourages self-isolation, and helps find a renewed sense of purpose.
Dedicated to helping first responders and veterans who have served their country and community reintegrate into civilian life by training and providing mobility and psychiatric service dogs at no charge.
When it opens in 2026, Liberty Dogs™ will be among the nation’s premier Service Dog training programs for Veterans with disabilities. Our goal is to provide our nation’s Veteran heroes with the ability to lead more independent and fulfilling lives through the enhanced well-being that research shows a Liberty Service Dog™ provides.
The mission of Crisis Response Canines is to provide strength, comfort, and emotional support to individuals, families, communities, and first responders experiencing intense traumatic emotions in the aftermath of critical incidents.
Japatul Labradors
”a small, Licensed Kennel located In Corning, California, 2 hours North of Sacramento. We breed and show quality Labrador Retrievers. We take pride in the development of the "All Purpose" Labrador Retriever, concentrating on conformation, health, working ability and temperament.”
Let me add… Bonnie produces, hands down, some of the finest Labrador Retrievers in the world. PARTICULARLY when it comes to temperament. Not only does she have an amazing kennel and breeding lines, Japatul Labradors is VERY selective in the dogs they breed with and the places her puppies go. Quality all around.
Valor Service Dogs is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that helps wounded post-9/11 veterans and first responders regain their independence, return to civilian life, and maintain successful partnerships through the training and placing of mobility assistance and PTSD service dogs. In addition to aiding veterans and first responders in community reintegration, both physically and psychologically, Valor Service Dogs bring awareness and education to the general public on service dogs, their training, and the laws that allow service dogs to be active members of society.
Dogs know much more about us than we think.
Dogs can sense how we’re feeling, and trained service dogs are even more in tune with their veteran handler. By providing physical and/or emotional support, a service dog can increase a veteran’s physical, emotional, and social self-sufficiency.
Canines for Service is a nonprofit established in 1996 and is the longest-running, internationally accredited service dog provider in North Carolina. Clients have included those with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, stroke, severe heart conditions, arthritis, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Recognizing a significant need within the Veteran community, CFS shifted its focus to solely serving Veterans in 2018. CFS continues to provide service dogs at no cost or fundraising requirement to Veterans from all conflicts with service-connect PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, mobility challenges, and/or military sexual trauma.
Where Some See Limitations,
We Bring Opportunities
Our goal at Retrieving Freedom is to place and match completely trained assistance dogs with a level of commitment to recipients that is second to none! As strong as our desire is to train the best service dogs, that’s only one component. The other part comes from the connection between the dog and the recipient.
