We've teamed up with First Coast News for the K9s For Warriors Veterans Day Telethon! First Coast News will be streaming the live puppy cam on Monday, November 23th at this LINK. Tune in!
These puppies will be trained by the organization and eventually paired with a veteran in need.
You can donate this year using the following methods:
Phone number: (904) 686-1902
Text K9s to 41444
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K9s for Warriors Fast Facts
*Provided by K9s for Warriors
The organization was founded in 2011 by Shari Duval, a mother who saw how a Service Dog benefitted her son who had returned from civilian duty in Iraq
It’s national headquarters is right here in Northeast Florida in Ponte Vedra
In 2022, with the help of funds raised during Veterans Day telethon, K9s For Warriors was able to open its Davis Family Mega Kennel to train more dogs to be paired with veterans in need
It costs between $25,000 to $40,000 to train a service dog for a veteran with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and/or military sexual trauma, although K9s provides the service dog at NO cost to the veteran
Each month roughly a dozen veterans arrive at K9s For Warriors campus in Ponte Vedra and spends three weeks bonding and learning how to use their new service dog
Sadly, roughly 20 veterans die by suicide each day, and K9s For Warriors is determined to change that through the use of service dogs
A majority of the dogs in the program are rescues allowing the K9/Warrior team to build an unwavering bond that facilitates their collective healing and recovery
And for the dogs that aren’t quite cut out for service work, are either adopted out to loving families or trained to be therapy dogs for first responders and law enforcement – the dogs never go back to shelters