WCC in the News
Recognizing National PTSD Awareness Day with Warrior Canine Connection
June 27, 2022 – Warrior Canine Connection Founder Rick Yount joins FOX 5 to share the importance of animal therapy when dealing with PTSD. Watch the news story here.
Dogs Who Serve
June 6, 2022 – Service dogs can help veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by providing calming support with everyday tasks. A law signed in August 2021 allowed the Department of Veteran Affairs to launch a new program in which veterans with PTSD help train service dogs for other veterans. We speak with Rick Yount, the Executive Director of Warrior […]
Veterans train service dogs as therapy in Hendersonville
April 19, 2022 HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – In Western North Carolina, dogs will be ready to serve someone in need, all thanks to a few men and women who have served. Military veterans train the dogs. And during the process, they learn coping mechanisms too. Nicholas Baird is a Marine Veteran. “It started out […]
Puppy Parent Volunteers Needed
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. If you’re looking for a cause to support, become a puppy parent and help raise service dogs for Warrior Canine Connection. Watch the full story on Fox 45 here.
Frolic with Warrior Canine Connection Dogs on National Puppy Day
What better way to celebrate National Puppy Day Wednesday than by volunteering with Warrior Canine Connection? Warrior Canine Connection seeks puppy lovers to help raise a future service dog for present and former members of the United States military. Check out the full story on MyMCMedia.org here.
Puppy Parents Needed to Raise Service Dogs for Veterans
Warrior Canine Connection is seeking puppy lovers to help raise a future service dog for present and former members of the United States military. “We are in dire need of puppy parent volunteers,” said Beth Bourgeois, media relations officer for the nonprofit in Boyds. The organization seeks at least a dozen puppy parents. Read the […]