Dogs2DogTags

Laikas fund - in january we announced our new grant program, laikas fund. Laikas fund helps veterans at risk of losing their own special companion due to financial difficulties. Through laikas fund, Dogs2dogtags has provided almost 11,000 in veterinary care, dog food, dog supplies, transportation, emergency housing, and foster assistance. Brotherhood and veteran events - this program is designed to bring veterans together for bonding experiences when a veteran is experiencing difficult times or to encourage brotherhood bonding. This years events included sponsoring a foursome to participate in a golf event, we sponsored the entertainment and food for veterans at a local veterans picnic, getting three veterans together in Illinois when one found out their dog was terminal and taking two veterans to a concert. Veteran outreach - this area is responsible for reaching out to various veteran organizations hoping to reach more veterans in need. We also sponsor veteran outreach benefit functions. Pets2vetcare - when a dog is placed with a veteran, we continue to support our veteran by covering the dogs food for one year (longer if financially necessary), flea and heartworm medications for the life of the dog, 500 towards routine care for the life of the dog (more if financially necessary) and 1,000 toward nonroutine care (more if financially necessary). Under p2vc we provided 73 bags of dog food and over 15,000 in veterinary care assistance. Dog training expenses - we placed three dogs in 2022 bringing our total number of dogs placed since inception to 32. Provided free multi-session dog classes to 55 local veterans saving our veterans 7,425. Provided individual training for 18 veterans who were unable to attend group classes due to their disabilities totaling 36 individual sessions at a savings of almost 3,950 for our local veterans.