by Amanda Baity | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
Service Dog National Training Standards for Veterans Semper K9 is a founding member of the Association of Service Dog Providers for Military Veterans (ASDPMV). Together, with leaders in the service dog for veterans industry, we created the very first national training...
by Amanda Baity | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
By Christopher Baity, Founder & Executive Director, Semper K9 Assistance Dogs The first question to ask before this question is “When is a service dog finished with his/her training?” The easy answer is: Never. Training stops the day after your dog passes, that is...
by Amanda Baity | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog, Career Change, Dogs
Semper K9 is proud to announce the acceptance of Rosie into our service dogs for veterans program. Rosie is a ten month old black lab donated by the Cummings family. She is named in honor of the countless women who entered the workforce to support the war effort...
by Amanda Baity | Aug 17, 2021 | Blog, Dogs, Graduates
Semper K9 is proud to announce the acceptance of Honey into our service dogs for veterans program. Honey is a 4-month-old German Shepherd donated to us by the Miner family. He is named in memory of LCPL Terry E. Honeycutt, Jr. (T.J.) T.J. wanted to be in the military...
by Amanda Baity | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, Dogs, Graduates
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs is proud to announce the acceptance of Sky into our Service Dogs for Veterans program. Sky is a Goldendoodle mix, sibling pup to Sammy and comes to us from Operation Paws for Homes. Sky is named in honor of all veterans connected with Blue...
by Amanda Baity | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, News Release
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2021 Contact: Amanda Baity amanda@semperk9.org 571-494-5144, ext. 2 Local Nonprofit Hires Strategic Partnership Director Quantico, VA – SemperK9 Assistance Dogs, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to providing service...
by Amanda Baity | May 21, 2021 | Blog, Dogs, Graduates
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs is proud to announce the acceptance of Sammy into our Service Dogs for Veterans program. Sammy is a 12 week old Goldendoodle mix and comes to us from Operation Paws for Homes. Sammy is sponsored by our Marine Corps Marathon team, Team Semper...
by Amanda Baity | May 13, 2021 | Blog, Dogs, Graduates
Semper K9 is honored to announce the acceptance of Phoenix into our service dogs for veterans program. Phoenix is a one-year-old lab mix who came to us from Operation Paws for Homes. Phoenix is named in memory of United States Army Chief Warrant Officer 2, Sean A....
by Amanda Baity | Mar 23, 2021 | Blog, Career Change, Dogs
Semper K9 is proud to welcome Burma, a 16-week old shepherd mix, into our Service Dogs for Veterans program. Burma is generously sponsored by Nancy and Paul Hamilton of Belfast, ME, and is from our rescue partner, Operation Paws for Homes. Burma is named in honor of...