Patriot Service Dogs (PSD) was founded in 2009 by Julie Sanderson and Susan Bolton. Both women had volunteered and worked for multiple service dog organizations and knew the comfort and assistance a well-trained dog could bring to individuals in need. Seeing a specific need in the veteran community, Sanderson and Bolton created their own nonprofit organization to provide service dogs exclusively to veterans. PSD began to grow with a small volunteer team, one puppy donated from Country Goldens Tennessee, and $2,000 in the bank.
In 2011, PSD began the WOOF Prison Program at Lowell Correctional Facility, Florida’s largest women’s prison. Initially, the service dogs in training only spent a few weeks out of their two-year training in the WOOF Program, but over time, as the training program developed, the WOOF Program became a cornerstone of PSD training. Now, WOOF Program trainers participate in all aspects of service dog training, from puppyhood to advanced training with veterans. In return for the hard work, PSD developed a dynamic educational and life coaching program for the inmate-trainers. Today, WOOF is a service dog training program and a reentry program for the training.
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