Retrieving Freedom, Inc.

02/04/2025

A BIG THANK YOU to Delta Waterfowl Foundation Salt Creek Chapter of Delta Waterfowl Chapter banquet in Lincoln, NE which held its 6th annual banquet on February 1st. They raised $1,725 to support Retrieving Freedom's mission!👏 Thank you Saltwater Creek chapter of DWF!

02/04/2025

Our fosters recently made a trip to Sutherlands Sedalia for some important public access training! 🐾 This crucial step helps our Service Dogs in training get used to real-world experiences they'll encounter during their service careers. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗠𝗢 𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆, 𝗜𝗔 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

If you’d love to help us, tag your business in the comments below or email us at
[email protected]. 💙

02/03/2025

We're thrilled to announce that our 6th Annual Wings for Wags has been crowned Missouri's Best Cause for the second year in a row🙌! A heartfelt thank you goes out to everyone who cast their vote and continues to support our mission—it truly changes lives!

🚨Mark your calendars for September 13, 2025. Ticket sales are now OPEN. Remember, it's first come, first served, so secure your spot today! 🐾https://retrievingfreedom.networkforgood.com/events/82338-6th-annual-wings-for-wags?fbclid=IwY2xjawINyPtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUNgu2M1bR7SUOy94PsB4MyV72Yspc9MHZWw_iGsBhtqDDZmpD0J9exjlw_aem_nhlWaC2NmpbvVfyU8lz1Qw

HERE THEY ARE, THE WINNERS OF MISSOURI'S BEST 2025! These companies were chosen by the community as the best in the state. We encourage you to support these local businesses and organizations by shopping, dining and using their services for a great experience.

Winners link in comments.

01/31/2025

🎶 Meet Xyla, our musical prodigy in training! 🎹

01/29/2025

𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆🐾

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠! These future Service Dogs are getting their first look at the world and becoming more curious each day. Stay tuned for updates as they continue to grow and reach new milestones.

💖These adorable babies will be ready for fostering in March!💖

To sign up contact:
[email protected] (IA)
[email protected] (MO)

01/26/2025

RFI CEO, Brandon Butler, addressing the crowd before a duck call sells for $72,000 to support our clients. Delta Waterfowl Pierre Chapter Delta Waterfowl Foundation

01/26/2025

Some of our boys in training are geared up and ready to root on The Kansas City Chiefs this afternoon.💖💛💖💛

What's your favorite way to spend game day??? 🏈

Let us know and share pics in the comments below. ⤵

01/24/2025

A great update to close out the week, a BIG Thank You to Missouri Puppies for Parole and Boonville Correctional Center 👏Great work with SDIT Indigo and Ira!!🐾

01/23/2025

Our friends at Waverly Veterinary Clinic recently held a dog food drive in partnership with . They raised 160lbs of food, matched by Hills Pet Food for a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟐𝟎𝐥𝐛𝐬 of food donated for our Service Dogs in Training!! Incredible!! 👏👏 A BIG THANK YOU to Waverly Vet Clinic for coordinating this fundraiser and to EVERYONE who donated. 🤗

01/22/2025

𝘽𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧! 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡. 🥶 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚?

Drop your location and temp in the comments below! Let’s see who’s the coldest and who’s still holding on to a little warmth. 👇

01/16/2025

At Retrieving Freedom, our mission extends beyond our clients. Through our prison training program, incarcerated individuals gain invaluable skills and a renewed sense of purpose by helping train Service Dogs.

A handler at IDOC Putnamville Correctional Facility in Greencastle, Indiana, shared his powerful experience working with SDIT Sabo:

“𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒋𝒐𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”

While this video isn’t directly from our program, it beautifully captures the positive impact of programs like ours: https://youtu.be/P-2LCAiMwg0

In prison, nothing worked to rehabilitate William Carrico until he started with the Puppies for Parole program. As he worked to train the dogs, he realized h...

01/14/2025

🐾 Thank You, Cub Scout Pack 3055! 🐾

Last night, we had the pleasure of welcoming Cub Scout Pack 3055 from Cedar Falls to our Waverly facility! The Scouts toured our facility and volunteered their time to create Kong treats for our dogs in training.

Scout groups like Pack 3055 make a difference! If you’re part of a Scout pack or troop, we’d love to host your group for a tour and volunteer project. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴!

📧 Contact us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.retrievingfreedom.org.

01/13/2025

Exciting News, the L-Litter is here!

𝑶𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆, 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔.🐾 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆. 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆?

The puppies are thriving and gaining weight, and Bonnie, from our "B" litter, is doing an incredible job as a first-time mom. Dad is Patriots Top Gun Maverick, also known as Maverick, from Patriot Labrador Retrievers.

We want to extend our gratitude to Todd and Sarah for fostering Bonnie full-time and to Clay, Jody, and their daughter Rhet for assisting in the whelping process. Their family is hosting Bonnie and her puppies until they are ready to enter our puppy program.

Stay tuned for updates as these puppies begin their journey toward changing lives.

01/13/2025

Exciting News, the L-Litter is here!

𝐎𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞, 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬.🐾 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞?

The puppies are thriving and gaining weight, and Bonnie, from our "B" litter, is doing an incredible job as a first-time mom. Dad is Patriots Top Gun Maverick, also known as Maverick, from Patriot Labrador Retrievers.

We want to extend our gratitude to Todd and Sarah for fostering Bonnie full-time and to Clay, Jody, and their daughter Rhet for assisting in the whelping process. Their family is hosting Bonnie and her puppies until they are ready to enter our puppy program.

Stay tuned for updates as these puppies begin their journey toward changing lives.

01/10/2025

𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰! She recently had an ultrasound, and the vet says she's doing amazing. 💕

How many puppies do you think she's having? Drop your guesses in the comments below!

01/04/2025

𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒚!

As temperatures drop this weekend, don’t forget about keeping your furry friends safe and warm! Here are a few essential Cold Weather Tips to keep your dog healthy during the chill:

✅ Limit outdoor time and watch for signs of discomfort like shivering or paw-lifting.
✅ Use protective gear like booties to guard paws against ice and de-icing chemicals.
✅ Opt for pet-safe ice melt and always wipe your dog's paws after outdoor adventures.

➡Visit our website for more safety tips: https://www.retrievingfreedom.org

𝐒𝐧𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐳𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝!🐾🤗