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Ned’s Wish™ is a charity organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the quality of life for retired police and military service dogs by providing financial support for their medical well-being.
A Society for Retired Police Service Dogs
Ned’s Wish™ is a society committed to supporting law enforcement and the Canadian Armed Forces by providing financial and educational support to enhance the quality of life for their K-9 retirees in Canada. After human police and armed forces officers finish serving their communities, their pension funds support them. Due to the cost of health care for retired police or military dogs, the potential to enjoy retirement can quite literally rest on a dime. If health care costs become too high, a dog’s quality of life can be significantly reduced, or even cut-short.
Ned’s Wish: A Cause for Heroes with Paws
Because the work police and military dogs do is so physically demanding, families who adopt retired police and military dogs can be left with substantial and costly
Who Was Ned?
Like most RCMP police dogs, Ned was born at the Police Service Dog Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alta. on May 21, 2003. In June 2005, he was assigned to Cst. Garfield Henderson of the RCMP Valleyview Detachment in Alberta to be raised in the PDSTC imprinting program. In January 2006, Ned entered formal Police Dog Training and completed the course in just 20 working days and officially began working operationally at Comox Valley, B.C. After five years of dedicated service Ned retired to his forever home.
Never Ending Dedication
Ned’s Wish™ is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for retired police and military dogs by providing financial support for their medical well-being. Who
Featured Heroes
Genie, Regimental #1021
Genie has just recently retired from her career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Once a PSD - always a PSD, Genie still chases her former work truck down the street as it leaves for work in the morning. Genie was born on March 6, 2014 in Innisfail, Alberta. She...
Taz, Regimental 1002
Taz is known for his large number of successful apprehensions throughout his career. One of his most notable accomplishments involved a high-risk track of two armed suspects that had committed a string of armed robberies throughout Northern Alberta, shot a store clerk, and fled into BC. The crime duo carjacked
Flex, Regimental #984
PSD Flex was born on April 29, 2013 in Innisfail, Alberta. He worked the entirety of his career in the Lower Mainland with the RCMP. Throughout his career, Flex worked at a number of important events such as G7 and the North Americans Leaders Summit. This was due to the...
Tribute for Fallen Heroes
Gator, Regimental #1016
PSD Gator was born at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre on May 1st, 2014 and was raised by Cpl. Nick Bless in the Kitchner, Ontario area. PSD Gator was teamed up with Cst. Kurt England and moved to Campbell River, BC in July 2015. The team graduated police...
Elvis, Regimental #963
PSD Elvis, Regimental # 963, joins Ned’s Wish family posthumously. Elvis was not only a brave hero, but also a hilarious entertainer. Every day, Elvis would chase the crows, causing havoc and laughter. Elvis absolutely loved camping and tearing through the local hiking trails . When it came to work,...
Hogan, Regimental #791
Hogan was born in Washington in 2006. He was brought to RCMP Kennels when he was 18 months old to start his narcotic detection training. He graduated in June 2008 and was teamed with Cst. Paul Paquin. Hogan worked the highways as part of the “K” Division Roving Traffic Unit...
Heroes’ Journey
Meet Our Retired Hero PSD Clive
We are BARKING with joy that we get to share with you the journey of our retired hero PSDClive! Clive was born in Innisfail, Alberta, and entered into the Puppy Imprinting program with Cst. Matt Young (Cool side note... Clive started his career with Matt and ended up retiring to have Matt and his wife Leah become...
Brando – Part 7: We all need a little help from our friends
Brando is a social dude, and one of his favourite things is to develop relationships with all the people he meets along the way. Brando’s family told us he wanted to thank three of those special people who made his stay in Calgary that much more fun. First up, Brando wants...
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Brando – Part 6: Radiation Graduation
On January 7, our retired hero Brando completed his radiation treatment and was cleared to come home for good. His mom was working and unable to come pick him up, but a few friends, including the wonderful Ned’s Wish VP Tatiana Alexanian, and Dr Sweet’s team were able to put...
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COVID and Veterinary Clinics
You may have noticed how busy your local veterinarian is, and perhaps you’ve had the misfortune of needing to visit an emergency clinic recently and noticed the same at that facility. Veterinary clinics are insanely swamped right now all across the country. Our clinic in Kamloops, BC has about a...
Ticks, ticks and more ticks!!!
I love spring because of the flowers and gardens and the warmer weather. Unfortunately, all of that means it is also tick season and I hate ticks. I’m not sure they have any redeeming qualities and I’m not sure why they exist, other than to transmit disease and creep people...
Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS)
Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) are a class of drug that is commonly used by us humans. Naproxen and ibuprofen fall into this category. The common medications in this category for dogs are Metacam, Deramax, Onsior, Rimadyl and Previcox, just to name a few. These drugs can help dogs with...
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