Comprehensive Assistance for VeteransProviding assistance dogs and support.
Helpful Assistance Dogs We are dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans and their families, by pairing them with trained canine partners.
Here is how an assistance dog differs from other trained dogs:
Assistance (or Service) Dog
Trained to perform tasks that help people in their daily life who have disabilities such as visual and hearing impairments, mental illnesses (such as post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD), seizure disorder, mobility impairment, and diabetes.
Our assistance dogs are trained to Perform the Following Skills
- Front: standing in front of you and between other people in a nonthreatening manner.
- Interrupt: using a nose bump to interrupt anxious behaviors and emotional outbursts.
- Center: standing or laying between your legs to provide support and the opportunity to ground oneself.
- Lights: turning lights on to interrupt nightmares or provide a sense of well being when entering a dark home.
- Rest: laying their head in your lap to interrupt anxious behavior and provide an opportunity for grounding.
- Bring: retrieving an object.
Other unique, individual tasks can be added through the interview and pairing process.
Learn More About Our Eligibility Criteria
An amazing organization. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have my new best friend. I am so grateful to Continuing The Mission, and to everyone that takes part and what they do for it.Aaron
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Mooresville Golf Club,
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Mooresville, NC 28315 United States
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Our Partners.
Continuing the Mission is proud to recognize partnerships with Totalbond Veterinary Hospital at Davidson, Morningstar Storage, Dog Supplies Warehouse and Triple Play Farm, LLC.