Dear Hero, Happy Veteran’s Day. We thank ALL of our Veterans today as we honor and remember their sacrifice for all of us in this great nation. As a Veteran, for me this day is one of gratitude and reflection, with thoughts of how we can help Veterans and thank them. We have made it one of our core missions here at iHeartDogs to support Veterans in need in the most impactful way possible. A few years ago we set out to figure out how we could do that. After talking with experts and Veterans themselves we realized that the answer was right under our nose, literally. I looked down at our family dog Winston sitting at my feet and thought about the connection we have with dogs – an unconditional love that is so incredibly profound, that the only way we can come near to accurately pinpointing it is that they MUST be angels… “What if we helped pair these angels with these real life Heroes coming back from war?” I thought to myself. I found out quickly that there are incredible programs out there that are already actually doing this – matching Veterans with service or companion pets. And the impact is LIFE CHANGING for these Veterans and their families. The only issue is, it’s very expensive to train these pets, so they are constantly fundraising for their training programs so that the Veterans can receive them at no cost, as it should be. We jumped into action and created our Pets & Vets Collection so you and the rest of our community could help. The collection includes quality products that help fund these service dogs for Veterans. The response has been astounding. To date we have been able to raise over $300,000 for service and companion pet training. I always have to pinch myself when I think of how generous our iHeartDogs supporters are. THANK YOU for your support in helping Veterans get their life back – And THANK YOU to all of our Veterans for their service to this great nation! I threw some of these products that help Veterans in below if you want to help more or share with somebody you know! -Marshall, U.S. Veteran & iHeartDogs Co-Founder |