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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
Jake, Regimental #805
PSD Jake worked his entire career with the RCMP in Halifax as part of the Criminal Interdiction Team. He spent a lot of time locating drugs on different criminals using all kinds of transportation. One of his most incredible memories while on the job was when he assisted in removing...
Dave, Regimental #927
While all the heroes at Ned’s Wish have very unique personalities and interesting stories that come with them, PSD Dave’s story is extra special. Just like his K9 partners in the force, Dave excelled in all sorts of situations, whether it was using his nose to search out suspects, or...
Dux, Regimental #0941
PSD Dux was born in Innisfail, Alberta on September 30th, 2011. He and his Handler, Cst. Hubley, had an amazing career that took them from Prince George, BC, to the Halifax Integrated Police Dog Service, and even to the Halifax International Airport! Dux specialized in tracking and bomb detection. His...
Tribute for Fallen Heroes
Chek, Regimental #898
PSD Chek (Chucky) was born on September 8, 2010 in Innisfail, Alberta. He worked his entire career with the RCMP. Chucky began his career in the Lower Mainland and then went on to serve G Division (Northwest Territories) and resided in Yellowknife. Throughout his career, Chucky caught numerous criminals and...
Dirks, Regimental #936
Dirks was born on August 28, 2011 at the RCMP Police Dog Services Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta, however, he spent his career working in BC. Dirks worked with his handler, Const. Dan Cloutier, in the both the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and the BC South Peace Region in...
Bo, Regimental #872
Bo was born in Innisfail, Alberta at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre on June 11th, 2012. Bo and Cpl. Murnaghan spent two years in Saskatoon before being posted to Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Bo was a champion at finding missing persons. On one occasion, Bo was able to locate...
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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Canine Trauma
In relation to canine trauma, Dr. Kathryn Welsman had published an article for Police K-9 Magazine. Please download and read Kathryn's article (please be wary of graphic images) .
CBD Oil
Everyone wants to try marijuana right now as the new miracle cure for many ailments. Some of the potential uses for cannabis in humans according to Health Canada include palliative care, chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, to stimulate the appetite in cancer or AIDS patients, MS, epilepsy, chronic and acute...
February Newsletter
Dental Care Dogs chew. Dogs chew a lot of things. It is part of their natural behavior. My own Golden Retriever likes to chew concrete, any hat (even if it’s on someone’s head!!!) and pretty much any stick he comes across. Working dogs like to chew like any other dog,...
