VETERANS ARE STRUGGLING
Our mission is to help stop veteran suicides by providing a well-trained service dog to veterans with PTSD, TBI, and MST to help them live a more productive life after the military.
After the US's longest war, the VA now estimates that as of 2024 over 1.7 million veterans are currently suffering from mental health struggles like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Veterans are now 3 times more likely to commit suicide than civilians. More veterans have killed themselves than died in combat in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. As of 2024, over 22 veterans commit suicide every day.
Global War on Terrorism veterans are now seeing rapidly rising rates of cancer after 92.6% of those veterans have reported exposure to toxins during the war.
Help Us Save Veteran Lives
We cannot do this work without the support of Americans like you who believe in giving back to those who serve. We do not take salaries at Pop Smoke, so your dollars go directly to helping a veteran in need.
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Our Program
What separates Pop Smoke from the rest...
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Our Dogs are hand-picked from some of the best service dog breeders in the country. We also pick some of our dogs from the FIDO Project in Marion County Florida. This program uses inmates to train the basic commands and then are passed on to us if they pass our eval.
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Our Understanding
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We offer two options for dogs. We can train your dog up to the medical alert stag and then have you come meet your dog for the bonding process. Second option and the more quicker option is that we get you a dog that is potty trained and has been evaluated to enter our program and you will then follow our SKOOL program and train your own dog with the assistance of our head training through the whole process.
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Our founder is not only a combat wounded veteran but also a person who found therapy in her own service dog, Tobey. Find out more on the About page.
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Our Community
Pop Smoke is a family and community. It is a place where veterans are volunteering today to give back to their fellow veterans.
Get in Touch
​Pop Smoke K9 for Veterans
PO Box 350053
Palm Coast, FL 32135
