Pets For Vets has matched Veterans and pets around the nation. When a Veteran is matched with the right pet, both lives change for the better. The Veteran saves the animal and welcomes him/her into a loving home. The pet provides the Veteran with unconditional love and support, easing stress, depression, loneliness and anxiety. Together, they share a Super Bond™ that provides them both with a whole new “leash” on life. Search through our match stories, below, and see for yourself how both the Veteran's and the pet's lives have been changed forever.
Retired Navy man, Tom Plaska, is a man who likes to eat well. He spent 4 years in the Navy as a cook...
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Eighteen years after serving in Operation Urgent Fury in Granada, Specialist Corey Weber was still p...
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Army Sergeant Thomas "Asa" Thurman served in the United States Army from February 2006 to April 2015...
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"It's hard to come home sometimes" ...I have said those words to so many people in the years since m...
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I don't know how to thank you for choosing Lady for us. She is such a treat to have. She takes me fo...
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Meet Chuck and Scout. We fell in love with Scout the moment we met her. After Scout's time with her ...
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He missed the Black and White cat he had at home, so Pets for Vets gave him the next best thing, an ...
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My name is Teri Montgomery and this is Tucker. I want to tell you how grateful I am to Pets for Vets...
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Daniel is an Army veteran who served in Iraq, and currently works for a precision aerospace fastener...
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Bob enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1967 and served in Vietnam. Bob has had many dogs since his milit...
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After retiring as a master sergeant following a 20-year career with the Air Force, Chris Stagner spe...
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Jerry has been matched with his new companion, a young lab named Murphy. Jerry and Murphy recently a...
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Pets for Vets Michigan Chapter places Pets for Vets first cat, Nuddy!
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This handsome pup was found at the Tehama shelter in Red Bluff by Stacy, a Pets for Vets volunteer t...
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Gene served in the Army from 1967 to 1970 in VietNam. He is unable to have a live pet so he jumped a...
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Jeff Ehrhart will always remember his days spent in the Triton Class U. S. Submarine. Well, at least...
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Zach is active Army personnel and has had 3 overseas deployments. Currently Zach is working as an Ar...
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Corporal Hanks was struggling to deal with PTSD, anxiety, depression, TBI, and physical injuries aft...
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