WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC
14934 SCHAEFFER ROAD, BOYDS, MD 20841 www.warriorcanineconnection.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SUPPORT RECOVERING COMBAT VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES UTILIZING SERVICE DOG TRAINING/PLACEMENT.

DOG TRAINING AND PLACEMENT: THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION THERAPEUTIC SERVICE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM WORKS WITH GOLDEN AND LABRADOR RETRIEVER PUPPIES, PURPOSE BRED FOR HEALTH AND TEMPERAMENT FOR SERVICE DOG WORK. RECOVERING WARRIORS FROM NICOE AND WRNMMC, FT. BELVOIR AND CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE EARLY SOCIALIZATION OF THESE FUTURE SERVICE DOGS FOR DISABLED WARRIORS IN THE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND AT THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION BOYDS, MD HQ. WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION PUPPIES WERE FEATURED ON A PUPPY CAM THAT WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, PROVIDING THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION WITH AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BREEDING, CARE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING, AND BENEFITS OF SERVICE DOGS TO WOUNDED WARRIORS. A WCC DOG MUST BE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS OLD AND MEET INDUSTRY TRAINING STANDARDS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE PLACED WITH A WARRIOR. THE WEVENTH GRADUATION OF WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION DOGS TOOK PLACE IN OCTOBER 2019. TEN DOGS WERE PLACED IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

MISSION BASED TRAUMA RECOVERY: DURING 2018 AND 2019, THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION PROVIDED ITS TRAINING DOG THERAPY PROGRAM FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTS) AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI) TO WOUNDED WARRIORS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MARYLAND - WCC'S HEALING QUARTERS IN BOYDS; THE NATIONAL INTREPID CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (NICOE), AT WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER (WRNMMC) IN BETHESDA; AND THE BALTIMORE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT IN BALTIMORE. CALIFORNIA - AT THE MENLO PARK DIVISION OF THE PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (MENLO PARK); STANFORD UNIVERSITY; SAN MATEO VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. COLORADO - AT THE MARCUS INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN HEALTH AT THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO; THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY AND THE JEFFERSON COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS. NORTH CAROLINA - AT THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. ADDITIONALLY, WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION DOGS WORKED WITH SOLDIERS IN THE WARRIOR TRANSITION UNITS AT WRNMMC, FORT BELVOIR, VA, AND MENLO PARK, CA. FIELD TRIPS WERE ARRANGED FOR NICOE AND WRNMMC PATIENTS TO WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION'S HEALING QUARTERS IN BROOKEVILLE AND BOYDS, MD. DURING 2019, WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION STAFF PRESENTED SERVICE DOG TRAINING AS A THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR PTS AND TBI TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERS IN MEETINGS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH TOURS OF THE NICOE AND WRNMMC. WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION STAFF AND WARRIOR TRAINERS ALSO PRESENTED THE WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION MISSION BASED TRAUMA RECOVER (MBTR) PROGRAM TO NAVY RESERVISTS AT RETURNING WARRIOR WORKSHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AT THE CONGRESSIONAL MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH CAUCUS. WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION IS COLLABORATING WITH WRNMMC, THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES (USUHS) AND CIVILIAN ACADEMIC EXPERTS ON RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND AND THE TREATMENT OF PTSD. THE PROTOCOL FOR THE STUDY WAS APPROVED AND SUBJECT RECRUITMENT BEGAN IN LATE 2014. A LARGER RESEARCH STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF SERVICE DOG TRAINING AS AN ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT FOR PTSD AND TBI AND TO MAXIMIZE THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO RECOVERING WARRIORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED WITH THESE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN 2014.

RESEARCH: A LARGER RESEARCH STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF SERVICE DOG TRAINING AS AN ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT FOR PTSD AND TBI AND TO MAXIMIZE THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS TO RECOVERING WARRIORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED WITH THESE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN 2014.

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