Veterans, mental health, and the service dog connection

Operation Service Dog has provided over $2-million to help train and pair over 61 veterans with service dogs, with 27 more on the way.

Standard poodle Caliber, left, is a service dog paired with retired CAF veteran Kenda Doody, centre. German shepherd service dog Cora, right, is paired with retired RCMP veteran Ed Brake.Photos courtesy of Fire Team K9 Service Dogs

Opinion

BY NUJMA BOND

November 11, 2024

The Royal Canadian Legion has long been advocating for government-led national training standards for service dogs—amazing animals that provide a lifeline for Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police veterans living with operational stress injuries such as p...

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