12/09/2025
Please help us celebrate something truly special - 💙🐾
Every single SDSD handler/dog team passed their testing — every.single.one!
For most, you see the finished moment: a dog in a vest, a team moving confidently, a handler smiling with relief. What you don’t see are the months of work behind it —the long days, the setbacks, the breakthroughs, the courage to keep showing up, even when it is hard.
You don’t see the handlers fighting for independence, safety, healing, hope and fighting through days that are hard to even show up. You don’t see the trainers giving their hearts to this work —teaching, guiding, encouraging, adapting, and believing in every single team, even on the days when progress feels painfully slow.
None of this is easy. But every bit of it is worth it.
➡️ And we want to say this clearly, because it matters: THIS is what your support makes possible.
When you donate, sponsor, or even simply share our posts —you are helping someone reclaim their life.
You are helping a handler breathe easier, sleep safer, live fuller. You are helping a dog change someone’s world.
We are changing lives — one day, one handler, one dog at a time.
Today, we celebrate not just a passing score —but the strength, heart, and partnership it took to get here.
Please join us in congratulating these incredible teams:
⭐️ Omar and Willow 🐾 CGC-U
⭐️ Ernest and Sirona 🐾CGC
⭐️ Holly and Shadow 🐾 Phase 3
⭐️ Levi and Roy 🐾 Phase 3
⭐️ Allison and Bug 🐾 Phase 3
⭐️ Ed and Basilio 🐾 Phase 3
⭐️ Sid and George 🐾 CGC
⭐️ Stephen and Renna 🐾 CGC-U
⭐️ Doug and Micha 🐾 CGC
