Puppy Sponsorship Program

Donation of $2500 (Individual, Group, or Corporate)
All donations are tax deductible

  • Sponsor has naming privileges for puppy. (BOD Approval)
  • Receive pictures of your puppy along with T-shirts
  • Receive logo car stickers
  • Presence on Smoky Mountain Service Dogs web site
  • Name on dog's service vest
  • Visits/email updates on dog's progress
  • If dog does not meet program requirements, a replacement dog will be the newly sponsored dog

FIRST ANNUAL SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS ARMED FORCES DAY "FISHING FOR FREEDOM" BASS TOURNAMENT
- May 18th, 2013

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2nd Annual Smoky Mountain Service Dogs 1 Mile Walk/5K Run - June 22nd

2nd Annual Smoky Mountain Service Dogs 1 Mile Walk/5K Run Has Been Rescheduled for June 22nd, same location. The event will be added to the Tellico Summer Solstice Run and the Tellico Spring Marathon.

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"Friends", a Message From Our Dogs

Play Song

Written by Mitch Townley specifically as Theme Song for Smoky Mountain Service Dogs

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Our Dogs

Each Smoky Mountain Service Dog puppy is hand selected by our trainers and the majority will come from reputable breeders. Appropriate shelter/rescue dogs may also be considered.

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Application Process

Smoky Mountain Service Dogs now accepting Preliminary Applications.

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Read the December 2012 Newsletter

News

Smoky Mountain Service Dogs was honored to be invited to the Autism Camp at the Center for Courageous Kids, a clinical camp for children with debilitating and terminal illnesses. In attendance were thirty one autistic children and their families from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. Please check out their website link on our home page. Our beautiful service dog "Bella"was a big hit.

Smoky Mountain Service Dogs greets our Korean War and WWII heroes upon their return from Washington on Honor Air Flight #13


Smoky Mountain Service Dog "Copper" meets 97 yr. young Sam Hardeman, WWII Veteran


Copper says "hello" to Major General "Max" Haston, Adjutant General, Military Department of Tennessee

In March, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported that 1 in every 50 school children suffer from autism. That is more than 1 million U.S. School Children.

In January of this year NBC News reports that for the first 11 months of 2012, 177 active duty military personnel took their own lives. That is more than the 176 combat related fatalities. Army suicides have increased 54% since 2007 when 115 took their own lives.

For the latest in Autism News please see this link: www.TheAutismNews.com

Did You Know?

Over 50 million Americans, ages 5-65 have physical or psychological disabilities.

22 military veterans commit suicide daily, 7,744 annually

1 in 50 American children suffer from austism

It takes approximately 2 years, between $20,000 to $25,000 and 1200 hours of training to place a service dog.

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