There are many stories about MAP veteran/dog matches and how each one was uniquely successful. However, not all veteran/dog matches make it to completion or remain a permanent partnership. Over […]
There are many stories about MAP veteran/dog matches and how each one was uniquely successful. However, not all veteran/dog matches make it to completion or remain a permanent partnership. Over […]
Bringing awareness to veteran suicide In 2023, Military Animal Project (MAP) worked with a veteran (for privacy reasons we have changed their names to John & Tucker) in Reno, NV […]
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MAP helped to change my life by providing me a service dog named Monty. Mardu and Bob took painstaking time to make sure the animal I received and I were […]
When Kevin Lamme, a 25-year-old Marine reservist, suffers what he calls a night terror and starts thrashing in his sleep, his dog Duke wakes him up by snuggling next to […]
We couldn’t do our work without the dedicated support of our dog trainers, who volunteer their time for the benefit of others. One of our trainers, Cara Callaway, recently worked […]
In December dog trainer, Kerstin Hicks, “had the most rewarding feeling of accomplishment ever” when she matched Thor, a boxer mix, with veteran Chris Stagner. “To see him melt right […]
Allen J. Ghimenti, a Thousand Oaks resident and a Vietnam veteran who served in the 101st Aviation Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army and was past […]
Our Director of Operations, Bob Horrell, recently worked with Steve DePalma, an Army veteran who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. Steve also started his […]
