or call / text (757) 202-9393 Carova Goldens are raised in our home and provided with mental stimulation and physically challenging activities that develop body and mind. Great beginnings with me, and continuing education with you, equals unlimited possibilities for the future. Carova Dogs As Conformation Dogs Carova Dogs As Service Dogs Carova Dogs As Therapy Dogs Carova Dogs Take to Dock Jumping. Nancy Cronce, CPDT-KA, is the founder of Carova Golden Retrievers. She prepared for six years for her first litter, so that when the time was right, she would have the skills needed to whelp a litter and get each pup on the right road for the future. As a professional dog trainer, Nancy knows how important the breeder’s role is in helping puppies get through developmental stages and off on the right foot.America’s VetDogs trains and provides guide dogs for Veterans who are blind or visually impaired, service dogs for Veterans and active duty personnel with disabilities other than blindness, combat stress relief dogs for in-theater deployment, and therapy dogs to provide physical and emotional therapy services at select military and VA hospitals.

Canine Companions for Independence Canine Companions for Independence provides professionally trained assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities. The specially-bred Labradors and Golden Retrievers help with everything from turning on lights to getting cash from an ATM. Now, through Canine Companions Wounded Veterans Initiative, assistance dogs are available to Veterans with physical disabilities resulting from military service, free of charge. Canines for Veterans, a program of Canines for Service, is a national program that provides Veterans with disabilities quality trained service dogs. The program works with military prisoners teaching them how to train rescue dogs as service dogs for the wounded and injured Veterans. Paws for Purple Hearts - Bergin University of Canine Studies‎  If you are interested in requesting a service dog, please contact Bergin University’s dog program manager at servicedogrequest@berginu.edu Warrior Canine Connection  ‎ There is no fee for the dog or for the training, however they DO NOT automatically cover your transportation costs to their facility to train with the dog. 

  They 'may' be able to help financially with those cost. Train specifically for PTSD, TBI for block & cover and teach Veteran how to train the dog for individually needed tasks. No cost for dog, or lodging.  Veteran will have to get there for 3 weeks of training with dog, they can make referrals for financial sources to pay for transportation to and from.  Usually less than a year wait time for the dog. SERVES POST 9-11 VETERANS 260 S. Roscoe Blvd Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082Remove Scratches From A Bathtub Call 303-922-6231 if you can not access WebsiteUsed Furniture For Sale In Faisalabad. Up to a year wait.Drop In Tub Apron 1. Must be in PTSD treatment minimum of 8 months 2. Veteran must have support system.

4. Safe home environment for the dog. 5. Gulf War and up to now, in theater. Actual combat not necessary. New Horizons Service Dogs, Inc. New Horizons Service Dogs, Inc. (NHSDI) fosters relationships between service dogs and disabled Florida Veterans for a lifetime of unconditional love, mobility, and independence. Now in its 14th year, NHSDI has served over 200 clients in the state of Florida, several of whom were Veterans with disabilities such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, and a multitude of severe orthopedic conditions. Service Dog Project, Inc. The Service Dog Project, Inc. is dedicated to donating large service and balance assistance dogs to those with mobility impairments, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury. The program specially breeds, raises, and trains Great Danes for a variety of tasks to provide the highest quality of service and support.Service Area - East Coast - New England area.

Patriot Paws Service Dogs Patriot Paws Service Dogs is a nonprofit organization that trains and donates service dogs for disabled Veterans. Service dogs are able to assist physically disabled individuals to accomplish daily tasks that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. Each dog is customized to the individual needs of the owner. Paws4Vets’ primary mission is to train and provide qualified individuals with certified assistance dogs custom trained to fit their individual requirements and needs.  Currently, placements will be considered in the nine Mid Atlantic states we have a presence. (VA, WV, OH, PA, MD, NC, SC, GA, FLGreg Bell enjoys reciting the virtues of golden retrievers to nonbelievers. "I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have found that duck without my dog," Bell says, describing a bird he wing-tipped last year in Missouri. "I'm gonna say that retrieve was 300 yards, maybe a quarter mile out," he recalls. "I hit a mallard drake and it glided and glided.

Casey marked it down all the way. Finally, she disappeared into some pretty heavy cover." Casey had to negotiate deep and shallow water as well as several obstacles on dry land, but Bell never doubted she would make it. "I've had her a long time," he says, "and I was confident she'd get it. My son was there, and he was impressed." His son—who owns a Lab—isn't the only one. Among the impressed are the men and women Bell competes against in trials and hunt tests, where Casey holds her own against Labs and other breeds. "They get after a duck," Bell says of goldens. Time was, golden retrievers were given due respect as working gun dogs. But their pretty-boy good looks were also their biggest liability. It wasn't long before goldens were bred primarily for the bench or simply as pets. There is nothing wrong with either approach if you are not a hunter, but the hunting instinct in such pairings is rarely much of a consideration. Today, those who want a golden puppy from hunting or field-trial stock have their work cut out for them.

But the dogs are out there. "You just have to look around for what you want," Bell says. "You can't just go to the newspaper and find a dog for hunting and competition. You just can't do that. That's true for all breeds, but with goldens in particular you have to find a reputable breeder. You can do that by self-knowledge—you may know a guy you've hunted with who has a great hunting female that he's breeding to a nice male—but barring that, you almost have to go by competitive titles: Amateur Field Champion (AFC), Field Champion (FC), Master Hunter (MH), Hunting Retriever Champion (HRCH), something that's recognized as a performance title." Bell also suggests looking on the Internet at Working Retriever Central, which includes links to several sites dedicated to goldens as well as listings of titled dogs. Bell likes all kinds of retrievers, Labs included, and admits that the short-haired breeds have certain advantages ("Cockleburs are the golden's biggest drawback," he says), but long hair is not exclusive to golden retrievers.

A number of working dogs, including spaniels and many pointing breeds, are long-haired animals, and even Chesapeakes can run to the wooly side. Since Bell is primarily a duck hunter, he can usually manage to avoid areas with heavy burr infestations, and he uses a four-pronged comb to remove the burrs his dogs do pick up. His dogs work remaining burrs out on their own during the ride home. Early on, Bell hunted pheasants as well, and it was there that he found that his dog's propensity to stick to the local flora was more than offset by it's keen sense of smell. "I've said this before," Bell says, "and I'll stick by this contention, and I think everybody will agree: The golden has a better nose than the other (retrievers). One time, my cousin and his son were visiting us up at my property in northern Missouri. His son had shot at a duck and had apparently missed. So later on, we were walking back up to the house to go to breakfast, and Casey, my golden, was walking beside us. All of a sudden, her head just snapped around and she took off back down toward the slough we'd been hunting, although at that point she was quite a ways from where we'd been, and she came back out with that duck.

So, yes, I think a golden's nose is the greatest thing about them when it comes to hunting." This from a man who belongs to four different retriever clubs and competes against dogs in and around Missouri. Bell is a people-person—he taught physics at a local community college for 15 years before getting bumped into administration. He says he works only enough now to support his dog habit. That could be why he is so in love with the breed, which, he says, he "got onto" back in 1974. Besides being working partners in the field, Bell's two goldens are his buddies at home too. "Some dogs sit on the pro truck year around and just compete," he says. "Mine, we compete with the pros a lot, but the dogs get in the truck with me, drive up to the drive-in bank teller, where the lady sends out cookies to them in the little carrier. Then, they come in and jump on the couch with me and watch the NCAA basketball games." But it all starts with breeding. "Some people object to the cost (for a good puppy from a top breeding), but if you get a better dog to start with, you'll save a lot of money in the long run," Bell says.