Changing Vet’s Lives
One Dog at a Time
About us
Veteran’s Elite Canines is a Federally Incorporated Not For Profit organization. Our goal is to help Canadian Military Veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress by pairing them with bred for purpose Service Dogs, to provide them with resources, and help to educate the public on issues surrounding PTSD Service Dogs.
Mission Impossible
Veteran’s Elite Canines mission is to raise funds to:
- Provide Canadian Military Veterans suffering from PTS with specifically trained and supported service dogs;
- Provide the service dog at no cost to the Veteran;
- Provide the dog and handler team with support as identified;
- Develop and distribute educational material and messages regarding PTS service dogs to specific audiences and the broader public; and
- Advocate on behalf of Veterans with PTS service dogs.
Our Journey
Cindy is a veteran with PTSD who was diagnosed in 2001. As a result she spent many years unable to leave her home or engage with others. The disability left her a prisoner in her own world. Public spaces and events would cause degrees of frustration, anxiety and panic so extreme, it was easier to just avoid them all together. She was unable to live a full life – a productive life – but she desperately wanted to be an active participate in society again.
In 2018 she began the search for a PTSD service dog. She was told repeatedly that there were no dogs available and the wait for one in Canada would be years. Undeterred and determined the search continued and Cindy was, eventually, helped by a U.S. based organization – Pawsitive Love Foundation (PLF) – based in Florida.
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Our Dogs
Gracie and I completed our initial training in March of 2019 in Santa Rosa Beach Florida with the follow-up rectification under the tutelage of the Pawsitive Foundation team. Read More
It has been 7 months now that Safire has come into my life, and the changes we have experienced together have been incredible. Read More
MCpl Bowers CD (Retired)
Safire is a German Shepards Dog
The Board
Cindy Weir
Founding Director –CEO
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Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) John van der Laan
Director
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Norman Adams
Founder at The Accountant’s Office
How it Works
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Your Donations to Veteran’s Elite Canines help support all Veteran’s Elite Canines activities including the purchase, training, and healthcare required for the service dogs as well as costs incurred for veterans during the initial training sessions.