Hero Dogs Blog

Congratulations to our 2024 Hero Dogs Graduates! Thank you to everyone who attended our graduation ceremony on November 17th, 2024 and helped us celebrate the Class of 2024! We are so proud to recognize the following service dog, facility dog, skilled home companion, therapy dog, and breeding dog graduating teams: Congratulations to all!

Our next Hero Dogs Graduation is coming up on November 17th, 2024! Come watch incredible Hero Dogs get the recognition they’ve worked hard for on Sunday, November 17th at 2pm at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Maryland. Click here to let us know you’re coming!

Please help us welcome⁣ Hero Dogs Chas and Hero Dogs Faith!⁣⁣⁣ Hero Dogs Ensign Charles Mann Stern⁣, USN, “Chas”, is a two-month-old Labrador retriever sponsored by the Lusk family. He is named after a family member and U.S. Navy servicemember who was on the USS Oklahoma when it capsized on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese […]

Celebrate a pet or assistance dog in your life! Every year, we make a Hero Dogs wall calendar for supporters who have donated $250 or more in the previous year.⁣⁣⁣⁣For our 2025 calendar, we are trying something new! A $100 donation will get you a calendar previously exclusive to donors of over $250, and you […]

Introducing Hero Dogs Sgt. Merlin German, USMC!⁣ Hero Dogs Merlin is 11 weeks old and is a cross between a golden retriever and a Labrador retriever. He comes to Hero Dogs from ⁣ICAN through our partnership with Assistance Dogs International‘s North American Breeding Cooperative. Merlin is sponsored by Caladwich Consulting, a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small […]

A new issue of The Paw Print was recently released! This edition’s facility dog spotlight is on Hero Dogs Fred, who works at the Frederick Police Department in Frederick, Maryland. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Click here to read the newsletter and here to sign up for Hero Dogs emails so you receive the next newsletter straight to your inbox!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣