WCC in the News
Veterans discover the healing powers of service dogs
December 27, 2021 – BALTIMORE (WBFF) — For the longest time, war veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – or PTSD – relied on medications to ease their pain. Lately, however, some veterans have found relief from service dogs. Watch this powerful story by WBFF Fox 45 News here.
A World War II veteran meets his Warrior Canine Connection namesake
December 22, 2021 – Bucci meets Bucci. Warrior Canine Connection held a special meeting between one of its service dogs in training and the 98-year-old World War II veteran he is named after on Dec. 15 in Catonsville, Maryland. Read the full story on ConnectingVets.com here.
98-year-old WWII veteran meets his canine namesake
December 19, 2021 CATONSVILLE, Md. — United States Army Private First Class Alfred Francis Bucci remembers a lot more than he forgets at the age of 98. “We went and landed in the heart of France on November 1st or 2nd of 1944,” he said. Watch the full story on WBFF Fox News 45 here.
WCC Featured on Small Town Big Deal
WCC was recently featured on the popular TV show Small Town Big Deal during its Veterans Day special. Hosted by Rodney Miller and Jann Carl, the show shines a spotlight on the amazing and inspiring things happening in small towns and farm communities across America … towns like Boyds, Maryland. Watch the story here.
Following Commands: UMSON Studies Military Veterans with PTSD as They Train Service Dogs
November 29, 2021 – Todd, Laura, Lucy. From the sound of it, the two military veterans could be mentioning relatives or teammates. Yet their tone is more like that of teachers, recalling star pupils or the class clown who later shaped up. Charles, Dewey, Shannon. All those named are indeed pupils — canine ones. They […]
Hometown Hero: Pause for Paws
It’s not every day that someone gets to tell their story to the United States Congress and not every story moves Congress to act. Read this story on Warrior Canine Connection in the November 2021 edition of Lifestyle Potamic here. (Story begins on page 12.)
