We are a family committed to raising service dogs, specializing in Diabetes Alert Dogs, to assist people in managing their health issues.
21/10/2023
We were so excited to have Storm meet Elena this week!!
Storm is a 10 month old black male who is being trained to be Elena's Diabetes Alert Dog. Special thanks to a good friend of Elena's who flew her from southern Wyoming to Cody for a daytrip. Storm's trainer, Jubilee, was able to do lots of public access training with Elena in town. It was a fantastic day!
16/10/2023
Duty Dogs in the news. . .
ROCK SPRINGS – Since April, supporters have united to help Elena Barrera, a 2023 Green River High School graduate, get a diabetic alert dog.
30/03/2023
These two sweeties are waiting for their Forever Home. Chocolate female and black male. They were born Christmas Day and are 3 months old. They've had their shots and are microchipped. For the past month or so, they've worked for all their meals and have a good foundation of obedience. Each of them has that wonderful Duty Dogs temperament that makes them faithful companions and mellow house dogs, but ready for the trail or the field.
14/02/2023
A little valentine's chocolate for you-- calorie free!
GREEN RIVER — Green River teenager Elena Barrera was 13 when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and combined with a lifelong hearing impairment, this provided a unique challenge to overcome. Barrera, who is now a senior at Green River High School, has connected with Duty Dogs out of Cody to...
15/01/2023
The Christmas babies are 3 weeks old! Their eyes are open and they're moving around like crazy-- except in the basket. They zonked out!!
26/12/2022
Who can beat Christmas day puppies?! Merry Christmas from Mocha, Mya and their new babies and the Duty Dogs team!
19/12/2022
Christmas puppies coming soon! This mama Mya is looking very ready!
05/02/2022
Puppy time! Mocha and Mya are proud of their most recent litter born at the beginning of January. These sweeties will be ready for their Forever Homes at the beginning of March. This litter includes 3 black males, 1 chocolate female, and 2 yellow females. Tell your friends!
13/01/2022
So proud of Buddy and Officer Holzgrafe in Sweetwater County. They are the first Law enforcement canine therapy dog team in the state of Wyoming. Duty Dogs is so honored to have played a part in this program!
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but one Maritime dog trainer is teaching dogs how to sniff out stress and improve the life of their humans.
24/08/2021
It's not often that Duty Dogs has a surplus sale, but these four chocolate males need to find their Forever Homes. Two were born May 29 from Mocha and Maya; two were born June 8 from Mocha and Patty.
All have had two rounds of shots and are microchipped. They've had lots of loving from the Duty Dogs team. The litter is AKC registered and all parents have had genetic testing and hips cleared through PennHip.
Please share with your friends who are looking for an amazing companion to add to their family!
30/06/2021
Another special day for Duty Dogs-- today Buddy begins his career with the Green River Police department.
His first seven months were spent with Duty Dogs learning basic obedience, public access, and socialization. Now Buddy will continue with his handler as they work as a team to refine his skills as a therapy dog.
One of his primary jobs will be to bring comfort to juvenile victims of trauma during the interview process and on the witness stand.
When he is a year old in November, the two of them will get his Therapy Dog certification and Buddy will be the first law enforcement therapy dog in Wyoming!
08/04/2021
Duty Dogs is honored to be working with the Green River PD who is developing the first law enforcement therapy dog program in the state of Wyoming.
Buddy is a four month old lab who is still in training with Duty Dogs, but was able to take a "field trip" to Green River with his future handler for the week.
GREEN RIVER — The City of Green River’s new therapy dog, Buddy, visited the Green River City Council Tuesday night during their regularly scheduled meeting. The City Council approved a proclamation declaring the month of April 2021 Child Abuse Prevention Month. Dog handler and Juvenile Detective...
04/02/2021
Buddy is training for his final placement in Green River this summer. He will be a therapy/facility dog serving their community.
Meet GRPD's new therapy dog, Buddy.
Buddy is a eleven-week-old Black Lab puppy who was born on November 13, 20. Buddy will be conducting his training with Duty Dogs out of Cody, Wyoming. Buddy will be in training for approximately three months. We may expect to have Buddy at the GRPD sometime in May. Det. Holzgrafe will travel to Cody to visit and work with Buddy during his stay. After Buddy arrives at the GRPD he will continue to work with Det. Holzgrafe in his training. Once Buddy reaches a year old he will then travel to Cheyenne and complete his certification as a therapy service dog.
Here is a great story about Brad and Teacup. They are part of the Duty Dogs family.
It started with a couple of broken radios in the family’s South Florida basement. Brad Thyng ripped them apart as a child to see if he could fix them. He
04/02/2021
Well here we go helping in a new way with the Green River Police Department. This program will be a significant one for their community and we are honored to be helping them get it started.
GREEN RIVER — The Green River City Council unanimously authorized the Green River Police Department (GRPD) to seek a children’s trust fund grant for a therapy canine program during their meeting Tuesday night. GRPD Juvenile Detective Martha Holzgrafe identified programs in other states that util...
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Videos
Anibus, Bill Grimmer's Duty Dog, loves diving!
Not too bad for a 4 month old pup! This was his breakfast too. So proud of Myles.
Myles is doing a great job with "leave it".
Even the office dog needs a job!
Coming soon! Available to be your personal best companion November 1. This all- chocolate litter has 116 Champions or Grand Master Pointer Retrievers within 6 generations! Duty Dogs has dogs excelling all over the country in a vast array of working capacities-- from service work to best buddy.
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Another video of Millie working on the escalators. Such a confident girl. There is a bit of an optical illusion at the end of the video.
Working with Millie on the escalators. Moving stairs are always an exciting experience for a dog. She performed so well!
Six month old Marty practicing a sit/stay at a busy hospital entrance. Such a good girl!
Great day to play with the pups. These guys will be six weeks old tomorrow! Almost ready for their first shots.
After cleaning the puppy kennel I decided to feed them lunch outside because it was such a beautiful day. They romped and played for an hour and completely wore themselves out. Such sweet and confident pups. We're excited to see how they grow and mature!
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About Us
We know what it’s like to live with a health condition. Having a child diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) at age four, we understand the middle-of-the-night-blood-checks, the plummeting blood sugars, and even that off-colored pallor accompanied by a glazed-over look in the eyes that causes a mother’s heart to pound out of her chest. Training dogs to assist in these life-threatening conditions is why we do what we do.
Living the diabetic life ourselves, we quickly saw the peace that a Diabetes Alert Dog (DAD) brings to a Type 1 individual or family. Upon experiencing this benefit, we launched Duty Dogs to serve the needs of other diabetics in the management of their own diabetic journey. Our focus is to breed and train DADs to help diabetics better manage their blood sugars, especially their lows.
As we learned more about service dog training we have branched into other areas including autism service dogs, therapy dogs, and Crohn's alert dogs. Our oldest daughter Hannah has also trained antler hunting dogs.
Jeremy got his first taste of training dogs in the 80’s when he assisted in the training of Schutzhund and narcotic dogs. Over the years, it has been very rewarding to train a number of dogs. Little did we know that these early experiences would eventually lead to our family of eight offering our own medical service dogs.
We have received individualized personal training from Debby Kay, one of the pioneers in the Diabetic Alert Dog community. We are members of the International Association of Canine Professionals.
Our breeding stock comes from one of the most reputable breeders in the nation, Chilbrook Kennels in West Virginia. Our dogs have a life-span that averages 15.8 years, as well as more than 10 generations of service dogs in their history. The genetics of these dogs have been painstakingly developed and tested to produce an animal that we guarantee in all of the normal areas of concern such as hips, eyes, elbows, heart, etc. In addition, their careful breeding produces a labrador that is mellow and easy to train.
In addition to breeding and training dogs, we homeschool our six vivacious blessings from Jesus on our 13 acres in Cody, Wyoming. The Lord has blessed us with a rich, abundant life that we live to glorify Him.