'Puppy stands behind me to make sure nothing happens. And she knows when I have anxiety, she comes to me.” Service dogs from K9s for Warriors help veterans remain independent and cope with PTSD.
"He’s very in tune with everything around me," veteran Alejandra Figueroa said about Hardee, her black Labrador mix she received from K9s for Warriors.K9s For WarriorsJosé Romero, a 42-year-old Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, never thought that a dog could change his life.
“In the military, we don’t always try to get help because we want to be all that we can be. But you need to look for help,” he said. “I tried to commit suicide three times. And I am still here because I got help.” “I was deployed twice,” he said. “In Afghanistan, I was working in the S-1 office [human resources] doing paperwork. And I went on missions too. That’s why I have my combat infantry badge. In Iraq, I was infantry. I was clearing houses and dealing with a lot of heavy stuff, like ambushes.”
Romero, who works at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, said not many veterans know about K9s for Warriors.
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