Leading up to National Fetch Day on Saturday, October 19th, we are hoping you'll help us cross some items off of our Toy Wishlist! The dogs in our program have done a number on their toys and are in need of some new stuffies to play with when they're off the clock. Want to help? Visit hero-dogs.org/toywishlist and pick your favorite toy for these hardworking, hard-playing pups. Thank you! 🧸
Hero Dogs, Inc.
Non-profit Organizations
Brookeville, MD 733 followers
Service Dogs for America's Heroes
About us
Hero Dogs, Inc., a Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, improves quality of life for our nation’s heroes by raising, training, and placing service dogs and other highly skilled canines, free of charge with lifetime support of the partnerships. The Hero Dogs staff and volunteers train dogs to assist veterans and first responders with physical limitations and/or mobility issues, hearing loss, mental health disorders, or combinations of these. A Hero Dog reduces a veteran’s reliance on other people by doing tasks that the veteran cannot do alone. A dedicated service dog can give a veteran the confidence and support to travel outside the home independently, (re)join the workforce, and accomplish the everyday tasks of living. Hero Dogs relies on volunteers to fill a variety of roles in the organization. If you would like to donate your time and skills (as a board member, puppy raiser, puppy sitter, or kennel volunteer), please visit: http://hero-dogs.org/volunteer
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http://www.hero-dogs.org
External link for Hero Dogs, Inc.
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Brookeville, MD
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- assistance (service) dog training
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Primary
Get directions
P.O. Box 64
Brookeville, MD 20833-0064, US
Employees at Hero Dogs, Inc.
Updates
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We’re so excited to announce that Hero Dogs is featured in Target Circle™ through the end of the year! Vote for us in the Target app to direct Target funds that support our work. Here’s how: Step 1: Choose ‘My Target’ in the Target app or ‘Account’ on Target.com Step 2: Tap ‘Cast votes’ Step 3: Find us & vote Thank you for supporting Hero Dogs in this exciting new way!
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Every year, we make a Hero Dogs wall calendar for supporters who have donated $250 or more in the previous year. For our 2025 calendar, we are trying something new! A $100 donation will get you a calendar previously exclusive to donors of over $250, and you can choose a day in the calendar to recognize an important pet in your life! For example: 🐾 your pet's "Gotcha Day" 🐾 the anniversary of your service dog's placement with you 🐾 the birthday of a facility dog who has made a difference in your life Interested? Head over to hero-dogs.org/2025calendar to fill out the form and choose your date! Thank you for supporting Hero Dogs! Fine print: The last day to submit your donation and message is 10/30/24. Message must be limited to 20 characters including spaces. Up to two donors can select the same date. If two donors have already picked your first choice date/message, we will use your second choice.
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Save the date for the next Hero Dogs Graduation! The event will take place on Sunday, November 17th, 2024 from 2-4PM at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD. The following Hero Dogs will be graduating: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 Hero Dogs Charlie Hero Dogs Minnie Hero Dogs Schroeder Hero Dogs Yansky 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 Hero Dogs Bill Hero Dogs Buddy Hero Dogs Conrad Hero Dogs Morty Hero Dogs Poppy Hero Dogs Travis 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 Hero Dogs Patrick 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 Hero Dogs Keith Hero Dogs Sue 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐠 Hero Dogs Shanna Please visit hero-dogs.org/graduation to RSVP to the ceremony and reception!
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It was a busy week for Hero Dogs! On Tuesday, therapy dogs Hero Dogs Ivy, Ashley, Sadie, and Shanna enjoyed a visit with employees from Guggenheim Partners. Wednesday brought Hero Dogs staff Becca, Destiny, and Sabrina, accompanied by Hero Dogs Billy and Virginia, to Frederick High School to give a presentation to their Lynx program students. Yesterday, therapy dogs Hero Dogs Ashley and Floyd got lots of love at Hyland's #CommunityLive conference. Thank you to everyone for having us!
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Federal employees, contractors, and retirees: the 2024 Combined Federal Campaign of the Mid-Atlantic Area for workplace giving opened earlier this month! If you want to support Hero Dogs by making a pledge to Hero Dogs, our CFC number is 20303. Thank you for considering a gift to our cause!
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Introducing Hero Dogs William A. Reith, also known as Billy! Hero Dogs Billy is an 11 week old yellow Labrador retriever sponsored by Dottie Fitzgerald. He is named after an Army Air Forces member and Purple Heart recipient who has been missing in action since May 1945. Billy joins his sister, Georgia, from Hero Dogs Bertha’s first litter born on July 5th. Thank you again to Guide Dogs Of Texas for taking great care of Bertha and her puppies! Follow Billy at https://lnkd.in/g64E99mx to keep up with his journey!
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Happy Friday! Today we’re happy to announce that Hero Dogs 1stLt Travis Manion, USMC, has been placed as a facility dog at Fort Meade with the Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Ctr Force Readiness Clinic! Hero Dogs Travis works with his handler, a General Duty Corpsman, in the clinic, supporting the physical and mental health of members of the United States Navy, Army, Marines, and Air Force. Our gratitude to Travis' puppy raisers, Carole & John, and to his sponsor, BT Smith Consultancy. Thanks also to his scholarship provider, The Peterson Companies at National Harbor.
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You may have noticed a couple of sneak peeks of a little black puppy… 🥰 Meet Hero Dogs Georgia Ann Robinson! This 10 week old black Labrador retriever is named after the first Black female police officer to be hired by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and believed to be the first Black female police officer to ever serve in the United States. Georgia is Hero Dogs Bertha's puppy! Thank you to Guide Dogs Of Texas for taking great care of our mama dog as she brought six future assistance dogs into the world. Follow Georgia at https://lnkd.in/gnJtg7YH to watch her grow and learn! Interested in sponsoring Hero Dogs Georgia? Please reach out to [email protected].
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