JOINING VETERANS WITH RESCUED ANIMALS
IS OUR PASSION
OUR MISSION: Professional dog trainers partner veterans with rescue dogs in Indiana as pets, at no cost to the veteran. A dog can help ease anxiety, loneliness, depression, even PTSD symptoms. Pet ownership encourages love and acceptance, companionship, responsibility, interaction, and exercise.
We are honored to provide this veterans affairs service to any veteran in the Central Indiana.
Are you an interested veteran? We offer two options – Full Adoption and Training Scholarships!
VETERAN’S,
LET US FIND YOUR “FUR-EVER” FRIEND!
Through our FULL ADOPTION program, we select and adopt a pet for you based on your lifestyle and personality. Dogs are placed with obedience skills based on the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Exam and know the following commands:
Sit • Down • Come • Walk politely on a leash • House and crate trained • Proper greetings • Ready for public dog-friendly places • Stay • Social with other dogs and sometimes cats
DOG TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR VETERANS WHO OWN A DOG
TAKE THE LEAD
Need help training your own dog? We can do that too! Dog Training Scholarships are available to veterans who currently own a dog.
Dog Training Scholarships include four private lessons with a professional dog trainer in your home or in dog-friendly public places
(please note – we cannot work with aggressive dogs and do not train service dogs).
UPCOMING
EVENTS & FUNCTIONS
Periodically, VBF will host or attend different types of events. Please monitor our EVENTS page to see when we have events we have coming up.
CELEBRATING VETERANS
HONOR *** SERVICE *** SACRIFICE
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