GOT YOUR SIX SUPPORT DOGS

Got Your Six Support Dogs (GY6) was founded in 2015 to provide service dogs to veterans and first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or sexual trauma (MST). While it may be assumed that service dogs are available to anyone who needs one, the reality is that there are not enough to meet the demand. At the same time, service dogs have been found to be extremely helpful for those who need assistance with managing and overcoming PTSD when all other methods of treatment have failed.

GY6 service dogs are trained to provide a variety of tasks to assist their partner such as helping individuals be alerted to their anxiety, recognize and interrupt harmful behaviors, wake from night terrors, provide a sense of security, combat hypervigilance, retrieve items such as cell phones and keys, provide medication reminders, and reteach emotions such as love and affection. In this way, we can give something back to those individuals that serve our country.