Warriors Choice matches veterans with service dogs specially bred and trained to help individuals suffering from PTSD and other combat-related mental health challenges.
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MarineveteranAnthonyLongoisacutelyawareoftheinnerbattlesmanyveteransfacelongafterleavingthecombatzone.Hehasalsoexperiencedthehealingthatcancomefromhaving“man’sbestfriend”asacompanion.
ThatiswhyLongo,whoservedinFallujah,Iraq,andearnedtheDepartmentofState’sMedalofHeroisminAfghanistan,foundedtheWarriorsChoiceFoundationin2016withthemissionofhelpingfellowveteransheal.
InaninterviewwithFoxNewsDigital,Longoexplainedthatratherthanrelyingsolelyonmedicationsoraone-size-fits-allapproachtotreatment,hisfoundationtailorscaretoindividualveteransthroughcounseling,wellnessretreatsandatrulyuniquetreatmentcalled“cognitiveK9rehabilitation.”
ThroughWarriorsChoiceK9rehabilitationprogram,thegroupmatchesveteranswithBelgianMalinoisbreedservicedogsspeciallybredandtrainedtohelppeoplesufferingfromPTSDandothercombat-relatedmentalhealthc
