Patriot Labrador Retrievers

12/24/2025

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12/18/2025

PSA for
PET OWNERS:

URGENT CARE now available in Neenah, WI. 🐾🐾

This is community wide, not just for current clients!

‼️ Reminder - our new Urgent Care Clinic went live yesterday! We have helped several animals already and are ready to help more today! This is community wide, not just for current clients! Visit our website: https://greatlakesvetclinic.com/get-in-line/ to join the waitlist and be seen today for your Urgent Care needs ‼️ You can also call and be directed to the Urgent Care staff 🐾

12/17/2025

In this season of giving, please help support our veteran community by donating to Patriot K9s of Wisconsin.
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BEDJ77YP5AF8Q

All shares are appreciated as well 🥰

"Good morning, everyone! ☀️🐾
We’re starting the day with gratitude — three more generous gifts came in since yesterday’s update!

A huge thank-you to Josh & Kelly M. for their support, Fidelity for their incredible donation and Coleen K. for her continued support. Your kindness continues to move us closer to our $20,000 goal and helps keep our home ready for Veteran–service dog training. We are now at $10, 542.52. Incredible!!!!

We’re excited to share that later this afternoon, we’ll be posting a video tour of one of our scenario rooms so you can see exactly how your support impacts our mission in real time.

Thank you for believing in Patriot K9s of Wisconsin and the Veterans we serve. More updates coming soon!"
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BEDJ77YP5AF8Q

12/16/2025

Days 50-52
Hope x Muddy
'The Foodies' Litter
DOB: 24 Oct 2025

Blossom and S’mores made a visit to the senior living center and did an amazing job sharing kisses and cuddles. Continued exposures to people, novel items, surfaces, and sounds is crucial at this stage. This socialization window (roughly 3-16 weeks) helps creates a well-adjusted adult dog.

Why it’s Crucial:

• Brain Development: A puppy's brain is highly absorbent, soaking in information that shapes their future reactions to the world.
• Confidence Building: Positive exposure teaches them that new things are safe and exciting, not scary.
• Preventing Fear & Reactivity: Missing this window makes a dog more prone to insecurity, fear, and reactivity as an adult, making future training more difficult.

Service Dog evaluations complete and 4 puppies were selected for training. The remaining puppies have been matched with wonderful families. Puppies will begin transitioned to their new homes on Thursday.

12/16/2025

This boy is searching for a family.
Please share so we can get him home before Christmas.

Meet a very special boy who is looking for his perfect match.

After careful evaluation and guidance from our veterinary team, we have made the decision to remove him from our program due to a medical condition that makes continuing as a working dog unsafe for him. He is a wonderful dog with so much to offer, and he deserves a home where his needs can be supported.

His medical condition means his daily life needs a steady, low stress routine and a person who can be flexible. He may need plans to change on short notice to keep him safe and comfortable. With the right home, he can absolutely thrive.

What he needs to thrive:
• A calm, quiet, peaceful home environment
• Someone who can adjust routines when his medical needs require it
• Lots of mental enrichment like puzzle toys, scent work, training games, and calm engagement
• Regular short walks and gentle physical activity rather than long outings
• A steady, compassionate person who will celebrate small wins

What you will get in return:
A loyal companion with a big heart, who will bond deeply with the person who gives him the calm, understanding home he deserves. His needs are unique, but so is the connection he offers.

If you think you could be the right fit, please send us a message. We can share more details and make sure it is the right match for both you and him.

Please share to help us find his person. The right home is out there, and we are committed to helping him find it.

12/13/2025

Week 7 (yesterday)
Hope x Muddy
‘The Foodies’ Litter
DOB: 24 Oct 2025

Males
Mousse – 8 pds 10 oz – Light Blue Collar
Gelato – 8 pds 3 oz – Green Collar
Chip –8 pds 3 oz – Blue Collar

Females
Blossom – 7 pds 11 oz – Pink Collar
Truffle – 7 pds 15 oz - Hot Pink Collar
S’mores – 7 pds 13 oz - White Collar
Pudding – 7 pds 4 oz – Purple Collar
Muffin – 8 pds 10 oz – Red Collar

** This litter is reserved **

12/11/2025

Days 46-48
Hope x Muddy
‘The Foodies’ Litter
DOB: 24 Oct 2025

Puppies did great during their wellness exams and microchipping on Tues evening. No health concerns, negative fecals, and they had plenty of kisses to give out.

After digging out from the snow yesterday, the pups had their 1st evaluation for service dog prospects. They must have known it was a snow day as most of them could barely stay awake through their testing. They will all be evaluated again on Saturday and selections for service dog candidates will be completed.

12/09/2025

Special delivery enroute for Glory today!

🐾 This litter is reserved 🐾

12/09/2025

Days 43-45
Hope x Muddy
‘The Foodies’ Litter
DOB: 24 Oct 2025

Puppies moved into a bigger space on Saturday and are loving it. Having more space usually ends up with some not making it to the potty boxes … not the case with the Foodies though. They will transition nicely into potty training for their new families.

We’ve taken the pups out twice to spread some joy and give puppy kisses at a local senior living home. We also stopped and did a few house calls with some of our church families. The puppies did phenomenal and we plan to get all the puppies out to spread some holiday cheer before they head home to their families in a couple weeks.

Next up…a house call visit later this afternoon from one of our favorite veterinarians for a wellness check and microchips.

12/08/2025

Veterans service dog organizations are in need of your help!

I need your help. A crisis is heading our way if we don't address this now, the ones who will pay the price are the veterans and families who need us most. Service dogs save lives!

The Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program (WWSDP) has supported organizations across the United States since 2015, helping get highly trained service dogs into the hands of veterans who need them most. These dogs reduce su***de risk, support daily living, and help veterans rebuild a new normal, especially in rural and frontier rural communities. In 2021, Congress formally established WWSDP as a DoD program of record under Pub. L. No. 116-283, § 745 (2021).

Today, DoD Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program Award Recipients are sounding the alarm because the future of this federally recognized program is at risk.

Without fixing FY25 and securing FY26, WWSDP will run out of funding in 2025.

This would leave 28 organizations in 23 states, and the veterans they serve in all 50 states, without the support Congress intended when it created this program.

This is not hypothetical. It is already unfolding.

What happened in FY25 (the crisis we’re already in):
• FY25 passed with no dedicated line item for WWSDP.
• There is zero new FY25 funding, despite WWSDP being a DoD responsibility under federal law.
• All providers are operating only on leftover FY24 funds, which expire Dec 31, 2025.
• This creates a funding cliff that will force:
– Veteran waitlist freezes
– Halting of new placements
– Staff reductions and regional cutbacks
– Direct cuts to lifesaving services
Veterans in all 50 states will feel the impact.

Why FY25 must be fixed NOW:
• Even if FY26 funding passes, funds won’t flow for 9–12 months after enactment.
• Without FY25 dollars, organizations face a full-year funding gap many cannot survive.
• FY25 can only be fixed through:
– A reprogramming action, or
– A supplemental appropriations bill
(Both must align with Defense Health Program / Consolidated Health Support.)

What happened in FY26 (the next fight):
• The House included $17M for WWSDP.
• The Senate included nothing.
• Funding is not secured until both chambers agree in conference.

What Congress must do:
• Fix FY25 immediately.
• Adopt the House’s $17M for FY26.
• Reaffirm WWSDP as a DoD program of record under PL 116-283.
• Ensure continuous support for the wounded warriors this program was created to serve.

CALL TO ACTION
If you truly support veterans, su***de prevention, and military families, this is the moment to act.

Contact your Members of Congress. Share this post. Rally your networks.

Because at some point we must ask:
If we allow this program to fail, do we really support our veterans — or only when it's convenient?

12/07/2025

Week 6
Hope x Muddy
‘The Foodies’ Litter
DOB: 24 Oct 2025

Males
Mousse – 7 pds 3 oz – Light Blue Collar
Gelato – 6 pds 13 oz – Green Collar
Chip – 7 pds 8 oz – Blue Collar

Females
Blossom – 6 pds 8 oz – Pink Collar
Truffle – 6 pds 12 oz - Hot Pink Collar
S’mores – 6 pds 10 oz - White Collar
Pudding – 6 pds 1 oz – Purple Collar
Muffin – 7 pds 10 oz – Red Collar

*Pictures taken Friday; however just now posting.

** This litter is reserved **