About The Military Working Dog Foundation

The Mission of the Military Working Dog Foundation is to assist the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Center in finding suitable homes for military working dogs that become available for adoption because they are no longer capable of performing their military duties.

Because on occasion, dogs are available for distribution to police departments and other law enforcement agencies, the Foundation's mission is also to help this process involving law enforcement K-9 units. In most cases, the dogs made available to law enforcement would make excellent working dogs, but due to time restraints, the military is unable to continue training them.

The dogs available for private adoption are not your ordinary house pets. They are anything but ordinary. They have served in protecting our country or have been to military K-9 'boot camp" and are very special animals. Our goal is to aid the MWD Center in finding appropriate homes for the working dogs available for private adoption to the public, former handlers and other persons capable of properly caring for these dogs as well as law enforcement agencies having a special requirement for a trained K-9.

When funds permit we will:

• Provide support and protective gear to those dogs that are placed in law enforcement agencies.



• Provide "comfort supplies" (treats, special gear, hygiene kits, etc.) to military working dogs and their handlers that are deployed in foreign countries.



• Provide the necessary informational support services to those dogs that go to private homes

Please help us help find acceptable homes and placement for these great dogs, so they can either retire in the company of a good home or continue working in police K-9 units and other law enforcement agencies.

You can help by spreading the word to people who love dogs and to your local police department. You can also aid by sending a tax-deductible donation to assist in our continued efforts.


The Military Working Dog Foundation was established to provide a resource of information to law enforcement agencies who have a requirement to obtain working dogs, as well as for the public who wish to adopt dogs that become available from the military and need a home. In addition to assisting with the placement of prior military working dogs, it is our goal to aid deployed military working dogs and their handlers with 'comfort' supplies and law enforcement K-9 units with special gear whenever funds are available.

Periodically, these dogs become available for distribution to law enforcement agencies and local police departments. Some working dogs are made available for adoption to the public because they are no longer capable of performing their military duties.

Part of our Mission is also to aid law enforcement agencies in the procurement of special support gear for their K-9's, that they could not otherwise afford.


Two NEW additions to our Mission are to:

1- Aid with the adoption of Rescued Dogs - especially German Shepherds

2- Aid organizations that provide training and procurement of Service Dogs for persons with disabilities.


IMPORTANT NOTICE:

A special thank you the few special people that do make donations. We are a very small nonprofit, have only several volunteers that do not get compensation and we receive most of our Internet-related costs gratis, we have been very frugal with the donations we receive. We are getting close to our goal to procure a retired military working dog with a specialty of explosives detection or SAR capabilities and provide him/her to an appropriate local law enforcement agency. If this K-9 cannot be obtained via the DoD procurement system, it is our objective to assist the chosen local LE agency with a K-9 from a respected breeder. It's an ambitious goal for our tiny 501c3, along with keeping one of our main missions, communication with the public and LE agencies ongoing, but it is something that is due in our mission.

Please remember, the Military Working Dog Foundation is not a government agency, but rather a 501c3 non-profit. We have no funding or say whatsoever in what police department or other law enforcement agency receives a dog for patrol/detection duties, nor do we have any say whatsoever in who receives a dog via the U.S. Military's adoption program.

We are extremely backlogged with email, but now that we have a new website and new capable server, we'll be better able to respond to those of you who have contacted us in the past. We thank you for your understanding. For those of you that have made donations, we greatly appreciate your generosity.


The Military Working Dog Foundation is an IRS 501(c)3 for public benefit Non-Profit organization. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,
Military Working Dog Foundation, Inc.