September 2017 E-news
We’re Building & We Want Your Name On It! 30 years is almost here! We are adopting more dogs from animal shelters all over Texas than ever. We need a new kennel for the newbies.
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Puppy Parade Quiz Can you match all 10 Puppies to their names? First 10 winners get an SDI logo shirt! Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 10 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Information You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.… Read MoreJuly E-news
Puppy Parade Quiz Can you match all 10 Puppies to their names? First 10 winners get an SDI logo shirt! Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 10 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Information You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.… Read MoreJune 2017 E-News
30 Years of Saving Dogs 1989 Lucky The Amazing Hearing Dog Hearing Dog "Lucky" with his partners Don, Jo Ann Adkins By Jo Ann Adkins In 1988, Don and I met Alice Morewitz and her Hearing Dog Kalbi, the first Hearing Dog trained by what was then called Texas Hearing Dogs, now called Service Dogs, Inc.… Read More
Courthouse Dogs Help Kids During a Tough Time
Click on the photo to learn more about how SDI is placing dogs in courthouses to help children who are the victims of abuse and other crimes.
Read MoreDallas Meet Taylor
Dallas, Fort Worth, North Texas – you are in for a treat! Meet Taylor Weinhardt. Taylor has been part of our talented training staff for three years. Taylor will launch our new Dallas based satellite. As Adoption Coordinator, her focus is building relationships with North Texas animal shelters and rescue groups with the goal of…
Read MoreDogs On Strike
I didn’t come all the way from the shelters of Turkey to run off the road in a van that Scooby Doo wouldn’t deign to ride in even with the Mysterious Mummy in hot pursuit! My fellow canines concur in my concerns. I mean really! 300,000 miles?! We Hearing and Service Dogs put in the miles…
Read MoreBam & Solo
I am Solo. My name comes from Han Solo, the hero of the Star Wars films. My story is not all that different from the space guy’s. I ran with a ruff crowd on the streets, under the radar. I got picked up by the Imperial Guard (dog catcher) and incarcerated at Ron Jackson…
Read MoreP.A.W.S.
By Twist, Hearing Dog in Training Here I am with my cool buddy at the Ron Jackson Texas Juvenile Justice facility in Brownwood, Texas. It’s okay, he gave permission to use our picture, but we’re going to keep his name private. Oh me? I’m Twist, of course. I’ve got the moves, the heart and especially…
Read MoreEverything’s Better With Whiskers!
We were excited to meet Pierce Brosnan when he was in Austin filming “The Son”, a 10-part series for AMC. Pierce has a special place in his heart for dogs and for good causes. Very early one cloudy October morning, we made our way to the set, deep in the warehouse section in East Austin.…
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