PTSD SERVICE DOGS

Life-changing PTSD Dogs

PADS PTSD Service Dogs assist veterans and first responders with PTSD and C-PTSD. These dogs are selected for their awareness and positive response to human emotions such as stress, anxiety, and fear. PADS PTSD dogs can facilitate wellness and social re-integration, and are trained to help calm and ground their partner, interrupt nightmares, and act to add distance when other people get too close.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

PADS PTSD Dogs are placed with veterans and first responders across the Lower Mainland and Kelowna, B.C., and Calgary, A.B.. Applicants must have a diagnosis of PTSD or C-PTSD.

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Live outside of our placement regions?

If you live outside of the Lower Mainland, Kelowna, or Calgary, please submit an expression of interest. Letting us know where you are located will help us to plan future placement regions for our PTSD Program.

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THANK YOU PORT MOODY LEGION #119

We would like to thank the North Burnaby Royal Canadian Legion (Branch #148) for their generous donation of $7,500 from their Poppy Fund in support of PADS Program.

Celebrating Community in the Okanagan

Members of our management team visited our Okanagan Region recently and enjoyed the warm hospitality of our amazing community there.

THANK YOU NORTH BURNABY LEGION #148

We would like to thank the North Burnaby Royal Canadian Legion (Branch #148) for their generous donation of $7,500 from their Poppy Fund in support of PADS Program.

THANK YOU POWELL RIVER LEGION #164

PADS Development Manager Jane Short, along with Veteran Matt and PADS Fischer visited the Powell River Royal Canadian Legion (Branch #164) to present Valerie McGregor, Trustee of the Powell River Branch, with a plaque in appreciation of their generous support of out PTSD program.

THANK YOU COQUITLAM LEGION #263

Volunteers Ken with PADS Waffle and Kerry with PADS Sprinter visited the Coquitlam Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 263) last week to present them with a plaque in appreciation of their ongoing and generous support of our PTSD programs. Laurie Chapman, chair of the...

Stronger Together | Team Stark

August 2024 will be Juliet’s 6th year of partnership with PADS PTSD dog Stark. To help her write an update of how far she has come, she went all the way back to October 2018 and her graduation speech at PADS.

THANK YOU ROYAL CANADIAN BC/YUKON FOUNDATION

On November 16, 2023 PADS Executive Director Laura Watamanuk and PADS Radar visited the The Royal Canadian Legion Foundation | BC/Yukon Command to receive a $10,000 cheque from Executive Director Amber Stewart representing donations from the following Legion branches:...

Sponsor a PTSD Team

Donations make these incredible partnerships possible. Sponsor a PTSD Dog and become part of something life-changing.

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