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Thank you for your personnel commitment to keeping America free, safe and healthy. We are proud to support America’s Wounded Warriors, Fire fighters, Law Enforcement Personnel, The Hearing & Speech Disabled and Autistic Families in our Service and Companion dog programs! We appreciate your interest and look forward to matching you with the dog that fits your needs.

Qualification requires:

You are active duty or a military veteran, a current firefighter, law enforcement with a job related injury, a hearing & speech disabled person or in an Autistic family.

You must have a service or job related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or hearing / speech disability or a chid with an autistic diagnosis from a licensed mental health professional

Be participating in regular health treatment (your clinician will need to submit a form)

The Red Skelton Rescue & Service Dog Society provides service and companion dogs ONLY

Basic Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Home Phone Number

Cell Phone Number

Street

Street Address Line 2

City

Date of Birth

Gender

Male
Female
Other

Current Employer

Military Service

Branch

Rank

Type of Discharge

Honorable discharge
General discharge under honorable conditions
Bad conduct discharge (issued by special Court martial or general court martial)
Dishonorable discharge
Entry-level separation

Fire Service

Branch

Rank

Type of Discharge

Law Enforcement Service

Type of Discharge

Hearing and or speech disability

When were you first diagnosed?
Level of autism?
Ability to communicate?

Autism

When were you first diagnosed?
Level of autism?
Ability to communicate?

Questions

Have you been diagnosed with service-related PTSD and/or TBI and/or hearing / speech disability and/or autism by a licensed healthcare professional?

Who is your healthcare professional?

Healthcare professional's contact information

Name

Address

Phone

Arrangements must bemade for our team to speech directly with your health care professional

Are you currently receiving mental health treatment for PTS/TBI/Hearing/Speech/ Autism?

Have you ever been denied a service dog through another organization?

If yes, why?

Is there anyone else living in your home?

Do you have any other pet’s at home?

If yes, What kind of pet? What Sex?

Are you or anyone else in your home allergic to dogs?

Do you own your home or rent?

If you rent or lease your home, does your landlord allow pet’s?

Are you able to financially support the care of a service dog over the course of their lifetime? (The cost to feed, provide veterinary care an ongoing training ofa service dog is approximately $3,000 per year)

Please provide us with an explanation of why you believe a service dog will help your symptoms and improve your quality of life day-to-day

If you are awarded one of our very special Red Skelton dogs, are you willing to share your story with other people in need?

Please note: We don't provide guide dogs or mobility dogs

How did you hear about us?

Do you have an interest in providing volunteer work for The Red Skelton Rescue& Service Dog society?

With the puppies?
With the Teenage dogs?
With the Adult Dogs?
Basic Obedience Trainning
Companion Training with both dog and patient?
Service Training with both dog and patient?
Video and photography of the dogs and event?
Fund raising support?

If you are sincerely interested in our volunteer program, how can we best contact you?

Phone

For more information Email us at: Volunteer@RedSkeltonRescue.com

If you have any questions or concerns about this application, please email us at: concerns@RedSkeltonRescue.com

Note: We need a separate volunteer application