Walowood Service Dogs

08/04/2024

08/07/2022

Hi Everyone...
This organization has reached out to me because they have 2 goldendoodle pups available to veterans in need of service dog potentials.
Please contact this group located here in Plymouth, N.C. with all questions regarding eligibility and the individual pups.
Best Wishes!

03/30/2022

Please read...

Heads up: this is the PAWS Act in action. These are the five facilities chosen to provide a total of 400 dogs over a five year period for the price of $10 million, effectively price fixing Service Dogs at $25k a piece.

This may seem like a good thing, but the reality is, this is an attempt by the Association of Service Dog Providers for Military Veterans to become the sole "legitimate" source of Service Dogs in the US.

Neither the PAWS Act, the VA, or the Association has the legal or moral authority to determine the legitimacy of a Service Dog. The ADA defines a Service Dog in the United States, and according to VHA Directive 1188, the VA recognizes the ADA's definition. Fulfilling the requirements of the ADA is what makes a Service Dog legitimate. Nothing else.

Let me be very clear: the ADA DOES NOT require that a Service Dog be professionally trained - it requires that it be trained. The VA cannot require that a Service Dog be "certified," nor can the VA require that only program trained dogs be allowed access to VA property.

When VAs start trying to claim that non program dogs are not allowed, point them to VHA Directive 1188 - it HAS NOT CHANGED!

The media is playing directly into the Association's hand - they want to corner the market and ultimately change VA policy (and the ADA) so that Veterans can ONLY go through them to get a Service Dog. Their ultimate goal is to strip your right as a disabled person to train your own Service Dog, a right protected by, not granted by the ADA.

Although, on the surface, this seems like a good thing, the reality underneath is nowhere near as altruistic as the publicity materials make it seem. This is the gift horse in whose mouth you should be looking!

03/26/2022

Contact MacWhirter Kennels if you are interested in either Cora or Evanna. They are 11 weeks old.