Kevlar K9

Thank you so much to VFW 1174 for your generous donation of 500.00!
Every dollar helps us to help more Veterans and 1st Responders get paired up with task trained service dogs. Your contribution helps save lives! God Bless you

During our lunch outing today these teams worked on focus training. It's so important that dogs master focusing on their person so they can alert and assist them when needed. We start focus work in a neutral environment and then start adding it in when we're out and about, our focus work is not done on command, we teach the dogs to do it on their own and without cues. We want the dogs to be free thinkers.

Please help us congratulate these three veteran teams. They all passed their public access and AKC Canine Good Citizen tests today. We could not be more proud of you Karri Strack with Lincoln, Daniel Benally with Donna, and Austin Carson with Ember. We look forward to finishing up task training so your dogs can help you even more than they already do. We love having all of you in the Kevlar family.

Thank you to the Celebration of Freedom committee, and the Sinclair Oil Corporation for your $22,000.00 donation/sponsorship for service dogs for Veterans. The Eldorado KS/Butler Cty community is nothing short of terrific! We are so honored to pair up with you to honor Veterans and the sacrifies they have made. Thank you also to the U.S. Military WarDogs baseball team for your continued support. This year 4 of our Veterans and their service dogs (in training) were honored at the 4th of july baseball game.

We are incredibly proud of founder Toney Turner. He was honored at last night's Wind Surge game as the hometown hero. We couldn't be more proud of you and the incredible work you do.

Hometown Heroes: Toney Turner Click here to view this video from KAKE.com.

We had another outstanding day of training. This was the first time a couple of these dogs have navigated through a busy grocery store. They performed exceptionally well, ignoring the sounds, smells, and even their fans. We are extremely proud of all of them and the work these teams are putting in.