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Lawmakers float grant program to get service dogs to struggling vets
The proposal would provide $2 million a year to community groups to pay for the costs of giving service dogs to veterans.
Louisiana National Guard medics learn dog treatments, too
Medics learned emergency treatments for service dogs, including how to insert intravenous lines, clear a dog’s airway, apply tourniquets, and check vital signs.
A VA hospital barred a veteran’s service dog. After the vet’s suicide, it changed its policy
An investigation looked into two VA facilities that didn't provide adequate mental health care.
No, the military did not leave its working dogs behind, DoD says
Contract working dogs, rather than military working dogs, appear to be the ones left behind.
By Sarah Sicard
Army specialist reunites with military dog
A heartwarming story of a working dog who retired with his handler.
By Caitlin O'Brien
Working dogs: Domestic shortage of key frontline defense against terrorism
More must be done to support a domestic breeding program for military working dogs, says the author of this commentary.
By Sheila Goffe
How augmented reality for military dogs could change how canine battle buddies operate
The goggle allows trainers to project a laser in the dog's vision, better guiding it to specific points.
By Todd South
Sen. Richard Blumenthal cries havoc, wants to let slip more US-raised dogs of war
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading an effort to determine how the Air Force can buy dogs domestically.
By Davis Winkie
The Henry and the helicopter
The best way to ease into the adoption of complex concepts is to prove that they work, the authors of this commentary say.
By Joe Mariani and Adam Routh
Military dogs get ‘real feel’ bite training with fake skin sleeves that bleed
The device is in use now in select special operations units.
By Todd South
Grenade doggy bag dispenser pulls the pin on your average pooper scooper
Are you tired of the same old doggy bag dispenser? Try a grenade.
By Sarah Sicard