Soldier ON Service Dogs
Soldier On Service Dogs is a 501c3 charitable organization that provides service dogs at no charge to veterans suffering from PTSD and other disabilities.
Arkansas has one of the highest per capita veteran populations. In fact nearly 10% of Arkansans have served or do currently serve in the military. Look around you. They are our neighbors ... our family.
The supply of service dogs has to date been haphazard, disorganized and unregulated. It is plagued by inadequately trained trainers, misrepresentation – in some cases fraud, untrained dogs in a public setting and a myriad of other issues.
Only 10 to 15 service dogs are trained in Arkansas currently. There is a demand for 2,500 service dogs in Arkansas
We hope to get to a point where we are training 30 service dogs a year.
Mission Statement – To operate as a charitable organization by providing, at no charge, trained service dogs to qualified clients and contributing to the overall knowledge base of best practices associated with service dogs.
We will engage in acquiring suitable dogs and the training of dogs, trainers and clients.
We will focus on quality -- quality of the dog, its training, its trainers and recipient clients in order to help increase the chances of successful placement and ongoing dog/client partnership.
We will collect and maintain records related to dogs, trainers and clients and training techniques.
We will work to increase awareness of service dogs amongst the general public.
Location: Fayetteville, AR, USA
