{"id":40,"date":"2016-10-02T20:40:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2017-07-14T21:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T21:39:22","slug":"veteran-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/veteran-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Heroic Win-Win: Non-Profit Trains Shelter Dogs For Wounded, Struggling Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/pets\/a-heroic-win-win-non-profit-trains-shelter-dogs-for-wounded-struggling-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/pets\/a-heroic-win-win-non-profit-trains-shelter-dogs-for-wounded-struggling-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/veteran-dog-3-e1500066438887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COURTESY OF TORRE WILLADSEN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/a-heroic-win-win-non-profit-trains-shelter-dogs-for-wounded-struggling-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Heroic Win-Win: Non-Profit Trains Shelter Dogs For Wounded, Struggling Veterans<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;In 2012, U.S. Marine Chris Van Etten lost a part of both of his legs when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded while he was on patrol in Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>His injuries were significant and he was lucky to have survived. But Van Etten\u2019s recovery was made easier through the efforts of civilian dog trainer, Torre Willadsen, whom he met while serving in the war-torn nation. Willadsen took it upon himself to ensure the wounded veteran was reunited with his yellow lab Harley, an Improvised Explosive Device Detection Dog who had been by his side during many harrowing missions&#8230;.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/pets\/a-heroic-win-win-non-profit-trains-shelter-dogs-for-wounded-struggling-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Heroic Win-Win: Non-Profit Trains Shelter Dogs For Wounded, Struggling Veterans &#8220;In 2012, U.S. Marine Chris Van Etten lost a part of both of his legs when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded while he was on patrol in Afghanistan. His injuries were significant and he was lucky to have survived. But Van Etten\u2019s recovery &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pettovet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}