Will R

My project supports: Service Dogs 4 Veterans

I want to help Service Dogs 4 Veterans because I've always loved animals and our nation's heroes need help sometimes.  Maybe, by rescuing a dog, we can help save a Veteran.

A Dog Like Daisy, written by Kristen Tubb, has really inspired me to help those around us who need a service dog.  This book, one of my favorites, was introduced to me in third grade when I was doing the bookopoly challenge with our school librarian.  At the end of the book, Ms. Tubb shares a little about helping someone in need get a service dog and I thought that was really cool. Now, I am trying to raise money to get a veteran with PTSD a service dog.  The main character in the book is Daisy, a mutt who has a tragic backstory about living in a dumpster with her pups when a dump truck scoops her pups away with the rest of the trash in the dumpster.  Daisy is brown and has a torn ear, which she doesn’t let anyone touch.  She was rescued from a shelter and taken through a vigorous ten week program where they train her to become a service dog for Colonel Victor.  Colonel Victor is a retired veteran who came home with and now has frequent seizures which is why he needs a service dog who can sense when those seizures happen.