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A Salute to Working Dogs With great respect and honor, we thank the thousands of brave Military Working Dogs that gave their lives working alongside American Servicemen and Women as well as those Human souls who also sacrificed their lives; including the ones whose names are written on this wall. Mission K9 Rescue exists because […]

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CWD Jjoe is no ordinary Military Hero Dog. The battlefields of Afghanistan proved to be too stressful and traumatic for this highly trained Contract Working Dog who can detect many different types of explosives. Jjoe had a special gift that no one knew about before he was taken off the front line and into the […]

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Contract Working Dog Belle Reunited with Her Marine Handler Sergeant Sam Wettstein was separated from his contract working dog Belle after a tour in Afghanistan. Not a day went by that Sergeant Wettstein did not think of Belle and when she was discharged early he was ready to bring her home. Belle and Sergeant Wettstein spent numerous hours on missions […]

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Contract Working Dog Mariah Reunited with Her Marine Handler Sergeant Omar Peña who served in the Marine Corps and in Afghanistan recently reunited with his CWD, Mariah. He and his contract working dog trained together in the US prior to his deployment in Afghanistan. Contract working dogs like Mariah are a specialized improvised detection dog who detect explosives in military zones. […]

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Heroes are waiting for Forever Homes! Thanks for considering a Military Working Dog or Contract Working Dog Adoption. All these dogs are heroes in their own right and deserve a loving retirement home and continued care.  You are embarking on a wonderful and rewarding relationship. The process for adopting Contract Working Dogs or Military Working Dogs […]

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Combat Working War Dog Ivy is home! Smiles all around as US Marine Steve Heath greets CWD War Dog Ivy, his partner in Afghanistan who saved him and other Marines multiple times with her expert bomb sniffing nose. The following is a reprint of the article that first appeared in the Houston Chronicle: By Claudia Feldman […]

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