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John and Indy
John is a US Marine veteran that served two tours of Iraq between 2005 and 2009. After John left the military he and his wife, Ashley relocated from South Carolina to Utah where John began school at Utah State University. Over the years John...
Stephanie and Fly
Meet Stephanie and her young Border Collie, Fly. Stephanie suffers from PTSD and has anxiety attacks. Most important thing to me is my son. He’s only six years old and unfortunately has adopted the role as a service person to me. From calling...
Myron and Puck
“When I was referred to Cathy King’s organization, Canines with a Cause (CWAC), I was looking for a dog which would help me cope with my PTSD. I have suffered from severe PTSD symptoms and knew that animals provide many helpful...
Canines With a Cause is a non-profit organization with the mission of helping shelter dogs find homes by training them to work as companion, therapy and service dogs for veterans in need.
A Pentagon study found that one in four veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression or anxiety. Up to 31% of soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan experience depression or PTSD that can affect their jobs, relationships and daily lives according to a new study by army researchers.
Meanwhile, more than three million healthy, adoptable animals will be euthanized in shelters this year.
Canines With a Cause brings shelter dogs and returned veterans together. Vets benefit from the healing companionship of the dog and shelter dogs’ lives are saved by finding loving homes. Working with the dogs and training them to help others has proven to be very beneficial to veterans.
We also have an adoption program for those dogs who would rather just be a family companion than a working pooch. We call these dogs our “Diamonds in the Ruff”, since we know they are all precious jewels. Most of our dogs were on death row at one time for no reason other than they had the bad luck of ending up in a crowded shelter.
Canines With a Cause is dedicated to the mission of creating public awareness and emphasizing how dogs and other companion animals enrich our lives.
(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chip, owned by army veteran, Cori Hann, sneaks a peek at the camera during Canines with a Cause training class at the Northwest Recreation Center in Salt Lake City, Utah Friday December 14, 2012. Canines with a cause is a Salt Lake non-profit that helps shelter dogs find homes by training them as companions for veterans.
Utah nonprofit matches service dogs to veterans with PTSD
Veterans say canine companions that a Utah nonprofit finds for them make a huge difference.
By Kristen Moulton
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Jan 09 2013 01:01 am • Last Updated Jan 09 2013 08:46 am
“PTSD is an illness that rudely takes one out of the moment into a painful past. Anything that help keep one in the present or helps bring one back to the present when in a dark place is of great help.”
- CWAC client in regards to his dog
“The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, when all other friends desert, he remains.” George G. Vest, Speech US Senate 1884
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