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
Our dogs are hand selected from a curated list of breeders then sent to volunteer puppy trainers to get them through their basic household training. We assess and test them for suitability as a service dog to ensure they have what it takes.
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Our Understanding
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 Training Process
Pop Smoke K9 has introduced a new process for receiving a dog that focuses on the healing journey of the veteran or first responder. Instead of providing a fully trained service dog, participants now begin the training process themselves to create deeper connection, commitment, and personal growth through hands on involvement. Each participant will receive either a potty trained dog from a strong line of proven service dog parents or a rescue dog that has completed the FIDO Project, a prison based program that builds solid basic obedience. From there, the veteran or first responder will follow my structured program on the SKOOL platform, working through step by step training videos with one on one guidance, progressing from foundational skills all the way to Medical Alerting.
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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
