Arlington Heights 1st Service Dog for a Veteran!

Danny is our first sponsored Service Dog for a Veteran through our Dogtopia Foundation partnership with K9’s for Warriors. 

We started raising funds for our 1st Service Dog right before we opened our doors in July of 2020 with dedicated daycare events and fundraisers to reach our goal. It was challenging times for all in 2020, but our Pet Parents and Dogtopia Foundation supporters stepped up to help us reach our goal of $6,000 by September of 2021!

We selected K9’s for Warriors as our partner based on their mission for adopting adult dogs from Animal Shelters to train as life partners for Veterans. We were driven to the organization based on 2 things: 1) Saving a shelter dog to give them a strong purpose in life and 2) Success rate for transition from shelter dog to service dog.

We were assigned Danny in December of 2021 and he was in training for roughly 2 months. K9’s for Warriors shared Danny’s progress and many stages of his training. He was placed with his Warrior, Jovauna when he graduated in February of 2022. The turn-around from shelter dog to Service Dog is truly amazing.

To learn more about Danny and Jovauna, we have a book proudly displayed in our lobby!