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Warrior Canine Connection enlists recovering Warriors in a therapeutic mission of learning to train service dogs for their fellow Veterans.
Warrior Canine Connection
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    • Adopting a Release Dog
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    • Construction Cam
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Service Dogs

The special dogs of Warrior Canine Connection (WCC) are healthy, calm and affectionate Golden and Labrador Retrievers, each one carefully bred, nurtured and trained to excel at their future roles.

They begin their journeys to become service dogs for disabled combat Veterans at the WCC Puppy Enrichment Center in rural Boyds, Maryland. During the first few months of the puppies’ lives, a team of Warrior trainers and civilian volunteers spend many hours socializing them, which is a critical step in their training.

At three months of age, each puppy is placed with carefully selected puppy “parents.” These special people make the commitment to care for the dogs in their homes until they are approximately two years old. Many of these volunteers are staff members at DoD and VA medical facilities who bring the dogs to work every day. There, the dogs work with wounded Warriors who are participating in therapeutic service dog training programs.

When each dog has completed their training and health screenings, they are partnered with combat Veterans with disabilities.

Learn more about our purpose-bred dogs.

Meet the puppies!

Recent Posts

  • Honor Our Heroes: Nominate a Female Namesake for a Warrior Canine Connection Service Dog October 3, 2023
  • How Warrior Canine Connection uses the comfort of dogs to help veterans overcome trauma September 28, 2023
  • Former Secretary of Defense, General (Ret.) James Mattis to Deliver WCC’s 2023 Graduation Keynote Address August 23, 2023
  • Warrior Canine Connection Awarded $125,000 in Grants to Help Veterans with PTSD and TBI August 10, 2023
  • Join WCC’s Class of 2023 Virtual Graduation July 26, 2023

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Contact Us

14934 Schaeffer Road
Boyds, MD 20841

(T) 301.260.1111
info@warriorcanineconnection.org

Warrior Canine Connection
is a 501(c)(3)
Nonprofit Organization
# 45-2981579

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