by V0n74IuPXQ | Nov 8, 2021 | Blog, Service Dogs, Veteran Resources
MEET GORDON & LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS NWBB PROVIDED SERVICE DOG (AND BEST FRIEND), FLAME. Here we have the opportunity to learn more about Gordon. Gordon is a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a veteran of the US Armed Forces. In 2009 Gordon...
by Charles MacMillan | Apr 7, 2021 | Blog, News Story, Service Dogs
Early 2020, around the same time we were all asked to isolate and quarantine, Christine Hassing completed the final pages of the manuscript for the now published book, Hope Has A Cold Nose. In many of the ways we have all felt alone, isolated, and unable to connect...
by V0n74IuPXQ | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog, Service Dogs, Veteran Resources
Both emotional support animals (ESA) and professionally trained service dogs are incredibly important for thousands of Americans. They are able to provide feelings of comfort and security, as well as be a grounding tool during periods of high stress and anxiety....
by Charles MacMillan | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog, Service Dogs
The veteran team consists of a professionally trained service dog and a veteran recipient of a professionally trained service dog. The two are certified as a team after both the professionally trained service dog and the veteran have completed training requirements....
by Charles MacMillan | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog, Service Dogs
River was offered to Northwest Battle Buddies after being abandoned at a river as an eight-week-old pup. It was easy to name her River considering her start in life. She was raised in our puppy foster program and professionally trained to be a service dog. When Mike...
by V0n74IuPXQ | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Service Dogs, Veteran Resources
Human beings are innately programmed to react and adapt to their environment, like any other animal. Reactions to different types of stressors we experience are based on our primal and innate drive to survive in the environments we are presented with. When humans are...