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2024 End of Year Video
Every December, we like to recap the past year in the form of a fun music video. In 2024, your support changed lives, connected hearts, and spread joy: This included: Please enjoy some of the happy faces you saved, the …
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What Role Would You Play in a Shelter Dog’s Success Story?
Are you a Dedicated Trainer, Compassionate Caregiver, Cheerful Advocate, or Passionate Program Supporter? Find out now! Maybe you’re a hands-on trainer ready to teach life-changing skills, a compassionate caregiver who loves nurturing dogs, an enthusiastic advocate with a gift for …
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Fostering Hope: Get Involved with Shelter to Service
You don’t need any special skills or experience, just a little time and willingness to help! This program is now open to ages 16+ with parental permission. Learn how Joybound is training shelter dogs to become psychiatric service animals, providing …
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Fostering Hope: Get Involved with Shelter to Service
You don’t need any special skills or experience, just a little time and willingness to help! This program is now open to ages 16+ with parental permission. Learn how Joybound is training shelter dogs to become psychiatric service animals, providing …
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Fostering Hope: Get Involved with Shelter to Service (Webinar)
You don’t need any special skills or experience, just a little time and willingness to help! This program is now open to ages 16+ with parental permission. Learn how Joybound is training shelter dogs to become psychiatric service animals, providing …
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Meet the Shelter to Service Team
Event Details Date & Time Location “My service dog has changed my life and brought me back to me.“ – Ethan, Shelter to Service Graduate About Shelter to Service Joybound’s Shelter to Service program trains shelter dogs to become psychiatric service dogs. Through the …
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Walnut Creek Veterans Day Ceremony
Event Details Date & Time Location “On Veterans Day and every day, we recognize the loyalty and service of those who have served our nation during conflicts and in peacetime. It’s fitting that we also acknowledge that some Veterans return …
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Jeff and Maddie Are Better Together
Joybound’s Shelter to Service training program (formerly Pets and Vets) heals and enriches lives far beyond those of the people and shelter dogs participating. Family and friends witness and also benefit from the joyful transformation. “My wife used to say …
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Veterans Resource Fair
East Bay Veterans Community Partnership Presents:The Veteran Community Builder of Contra Costa County Date: Thursday, October 17 Time: 10 am – 2 pm Location: Joybound People & Pets – Engelstad Hall2890 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA The VA Northern California …
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Types of Working & Companion Animals
From highly trained psychiatric service animals to companion pets, Joybound trains dogs and cats to connect with humans in a wide variety of ways. While any animal can provide much-needed companionship, the unique abilities of our working animals make each …
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A New Leash on Life: Joybound’s Shelter to Service Open House
Celebrate National Service Dog Month Date: Saturday, September 14 Time: 10 am – 1 pm Location: Joybound People & Pets2890 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA In honor of National Service Dog Month, you are invited to an open house for …
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How Three Months with a Foster Can Change a Life
Before a shelter dog selected for our psychiatric service dog program meets their future handler, they have to complete a very important step in the process: socialization and training under the care of a volunteer foster family for 12 weeks. …
