Canines For Service
Charity Organization
Why pick this one
Canines for Service provides custom-trained, ADI-accredited service dogs at no cost to Veterans with PTSD, TBI, MST, or mobility disabilities.
Best for
- Veterans with service-connected PTSD
- Veterans with military sexual trauma
- Veterans with traumatic brain injuries
- Veterans with mobility limitations
- Veterans needing a custom-trained service dog and lifelong support without payment
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking a pet dog rather than a service dog
- Non-Veterans seeking service dog placement
- People without a service-connected disability
Specialties
- PTSD service dogs
- military sexual trauma service dogs
- traumatic brain injury service dogs
- mobility assistance service dogs
- custom-trained service dog partnerships for Veterans
Certifications
- Assistance Dogs International accreditation
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance accreditation
- North Carolina Charitable Solicitation License
- GuideStar Platinum Transparency Partner
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit registration
What makes them different
- Founded in 1996 and identified as North Carolina’s longest-running ADI-accredited service dog provider
- Each service dog is custom-trained for one specific Veteran
- Dogs, training, and travel arrangements are provided at no cost to qualifying Veterans
- Provides lifelong support, including access to successor dogs
- Each dog receives more than 2,000 hours of professional training
- Years in business
- 30
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Contact & Location
- Address
- 221 Old Dairy Rd Ste 1, Wilmington, NC 28405-4471
- Phone
- 19103628181
- Website
- http://www.caninesforservice.org
Services
- service dog training
- service dog placement with Veterans
- Veteran application support
- lifelong partnership support
- successor dog access
- travel arrangements for service dog placement