Help Heal the wounded soldier whose damages are unseen thru therapeutic and meaningful work with animals. With peer support and interaction.
And most importantly, with the support of the community and civilians that partake and engage in our program. Our dogs are not service dogs or therapy dogs, they are shelter dogs that are like the Vets in so many ways. They are stygmatized, misunderstood - not so good thing have happened to them; yet you you could have no greater friend. To quote one of the combat Veterans in the program:
"I like working with these dogs because ther were throw aways just like me"
07/09/2025
Well that’s a wrap for the Niagara County Peach Festival 2025. Today was day two for us and we couldn’t have asked for a better day. Our tent was very busy and full of good vibes all afternoon. All three dogs will sleep very well tonight that’s for sure.
06/09/2025
Day one at the Niagara County Peach Festival was a great success. Plenty of smiles from everyone who stopped by our tent this afternoon. If you missed us today we will be posted up 12-4 tomorrow with three more dogs who will be looking for attention so please stop on by and say hi.
02/09/2025
Another successful adoption was finalized yesterday with our great friends at Sadie’s Safe Harbor Animal Rescue and Army Veteran Michael Shanley. Please give a warm welcome to our newest member of Dog Tags New York Tor “Tilla” - Ming Shanley. Tilla is a 6 month old pug with a ton of energy and a great personality so we know she will be a great fit for the Shanley family.
24/08/2025
We had a full crew of Dog Tags members come on out to man the tent this afternoon to support the SSG. William “Billy” Wilson III Memorial Ride and Raffle.
18/08/2025
We had a blast this past Saturday at the 13th Annual K.I.A. Memorial Rucksack March at Chestnut Ridge.
11/05/2025
We had a great time at the Vet Expo yesterday at Daemen College.
01/05/2025
This afternoon we took a trip to ECC City Campus to visit the students and faculty to give them some dog therapy. Today we had Petty Officer First Class Whitney Linderman and her Therapy Dog Winston pulling duty and he was getting in all the petting he could.
30/04/2025
This afternoon we spent a couple of hours visiting the Veterans Lounge at Niagara University. We had Petty Officer First Class Whitney Linderman and her Therapy Dog Winston and Army Veteran Sam Jaworski and his dog Dexter showing the Veterans some love. Thanks again to the VSO at Niagara University for having us.
25/03/2025
Boom!
04/03/2025
Over the weekend we received some very sad news. One of our therapy dogs Ruby passed away and crossed the rainbow bridge. Ruby was a great dog who joined our program in 2017. Ruby who was paired up with her owner Army veteran Mike Shanley received training and became a Therapy Dog very quickly. Over the past eight years Ruby put in a ton of Therapy Dog work around here in WNY. She brought comfort and peace to many and she will be dearly missed to say the least. Please keep Mike and his family in your thoughts as they deal with the loss of their baby.
02/03/2025
A very special thank you to Philip Kauppinen the owner of Grand New Flag in Medina for his generous donation to our program. This is Philip’s sixth year in a row donating to our program and we can’t thank him enough for his support over the years. Grand New Flag just opened a new store front at 6171 McKee St. in Newfane so go check it out for all of your flag needs.
25/01/2025
Who needs pierogi’s for Easter? We are running a pierogi fundraiser to assist our program. If you are interested and would like to place an order please message Ann Linderman or comment on this post. For the payment it will be Venmo -Linderman (last four 3307) and type in food for the description.
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