K-9 Assistants for Independence was a training program for service dogs located in Texas. The organization trained service dogs from start to finish, and they also helped people that were owner training by keeping dogs for weeks or months at a time to work on specific aspects of their training, and they also offered board and train services for pet dogs. Just recently, news broke that dogs in the facility were being neglected, mistreated and abused. Dogs were going home from the facility seriously underweight, sick, infested with ticks, suffering from contagious illnesses like coccidia (which causes terrible diarrhea), anemic, malnourished, in terrible shape. They were also fearful, suffering from separation anxiety, showing signs of having been physically abused such as flinching or cowering when someone reached out to pet them.
The facility has been closed down and dogs returned to their owners or placed in foster homes. There are probably several dozen dogs affected, though, and the cost of treating their health problems is significant. So a fundraiser has been started to raise money to help the owners and the foster homes to care for the needs of these dogs. Please, help if you can.
Help the Dogs from K9AI
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