Valor Medical Service Dogs

Valor Medical Service Dogs provides free medical service dogs to Veterans. Founded in 2016 by SFC (Ret) Ernie Rivera after being severely wounded in Iraq, Ernie spent close to a year hospitalized recovering from his wounds after his recovery Ernie lost more of his fellow war veterans to suicide than his multiple combat tours.  Ernie waited over 3 years to get paired with a service dog, and spent 7 more months helping to finish training his service dogs training, His Service dog saved his life.