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Three Mine Detection Dogs need transport funding from Bosnia to the USA.  They have served their entire lives searching for landmines left from the violence of war. The work is tedious and exhausting, yet they make a difference! Because of their service, children can play again in fields without worry of being hurt or killed by […]

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MWD Sirius N189, December 1, 2007 – May 22, 2021 Sirius was Fallen USMC Handler Joshua Ashley’s MWD. Sirius continued to serve, would be teamed with another Handler, and deploy again. Sirius had three deployments in his career, and retired in 2016. Joshua’s family adopted Sirius. This picture is from Joshua’s Memorial in 2012, and […]

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Now through August 31, 2020, for every bag of KineticPerformance Dog Food purchased from Tractor Supply Co., Kinetic is giving $10.00 to the important work being done by Mission K9 Rescue. Try a bag of Kinetic Dog Food! All of the retired working dogs cared for by Mission K9 eat Kinetic Pro Performance dog food. […]

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Mission K9 Rescue is GIVING AWAY our K9 Challenge Coins to all supporters that start a $50 Facebook Fundraiser!   We’ve received a lot of compliments on these coins and know you will enjoy receiving one while knowing how much you are helping retired working dogs.  These small fundraisers help us so much and cost […]

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WOW!  So many of you have been with us since the beginning.. over 7 years now! We’ve shared our joys and sadness with you throughout this time and we feel like you are part of our family. Everything we have done and are able to do now is because of YOU! We can’t thank you […]

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As we enter our 7th year of “Serving Our Nation’s Working Dogs” we wanted to give those of you that may be unfamiliar with our work some history and information about our organization and mission. Mission K9 Rescue was founded in the early fall of 2013 by Kristen Maurer, Louisa Kastner, and Bob Bryant. Both […]

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