Benefits of a Service Dogs

About 22 Veterans are Lost to Suicide Every Day.​

​

PTSD Service Dogs are saving the lives of military veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Military Sexual Trauma (MST). These are the invisible injuries of war that affect veterans, their loved ones, work, and everyday life.

​

Some of the benefits of PTSD service dogs include:

​

• The ability to recognize and cope with symptoms
• Greater self-sufficiency
• Decreased reliance on prescription drugs
• Confidence to return to work or school
• Reduced anxiety
• Lowered cortisol levels
• Reduced hypervigilance
• Strengthened family relationships
• Improved sleep
• Increased self-confidence
• Sense of daily purpose.

Service animals can be trained to aid individuals who have sustained injuries in combat through the following methods:

​

• Guide those who are blind or visually impaired
• Help the hearing impaired
• Assist those in wheelchairs or with mobility impairments
• Provide balance
• Open and close doors
• Carry items such as a backpack
• Retrieve dropped items
• Shut off and turn on lights
• And much more