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What is Veterans With Dogs?

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Veterans With Dogs trains and provides assistance dogs exclusively for current and former members of the British Armed Forces with service-related mental health conditions.

We specialise in providing trained assistance dogs for Veterans with mental health difficulties.

Our goal is to improve quality of life and help lead independent lives by training assistance dogs in task-specific skills.

Assistance Dogs for Mental Health

Exclusively for current and former members of the British Armed Forces, helping our Veterans lead independent lives.

Life-changing support for Veterans

Assistance dogs have a profound effect on the everyday lives of Veterans with mental health difficulties

Individually trained Assistance Dogs

Our dogs have special 'task specific' training so they assist Veterans with day-to-day routines, activities and events

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