Posts by Kane Mitchell

This article and the accompanying photographs has been reprinted from the PawPrintsGallery website from an article posted on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30, 2010. A True Partnership I was honored to photograph Master Sergeant Mark and his dog, Larry. Larry was trained by an organization called America’s VetDogs and service dog to Mark. When Mark…

Chadd has seen a fair share of traumatic events during his 16 year career in the military. After returning from his most recent deployments in Iraq and Kuwait he noticed that something wasn’t right. Chadd began to isolate himself from the rest of the world. At work at the Pentagon, Chadd was able to hide…

Adam joined the U.S. Army when he was 18-years old. During his years of service, Adam deployed to Kosovo (2000), Iraq (2005-2006) and Afghanistan (2008-2009). Traumatic experiences he endured range from engaging the enemy, losing close friends to war and also surviving an Improvised Explosive Devise blast as well as surviving a 107mm rocket attack…

Dustin serves with the U.S. Marine Corps and was injured during his first combat tour to Afghanistan in 2009 when an Improvised Explosive Device hit his convoy. As a result of the blast, Dustin suffers from severe Traumatic Brain Injury and has seizures. In August 2011 Dustin was successfully paired with a dog named Honors.…

Nell is an Army E-5 Sergeant. She suffers from PTSD and Respiratory ailment- “Deployment Induced Lung Disease”. Her service dog is Dusk, an almost 2yr old female black standard poodle. Dusk has been trained on many specialized tasks to help Nell. Dusk has been trained on block and post, which are commands that cause the…

Michaun has seen a lot in her life. As a respiratory therapist and member of the trauma team for the ICU in the Army, stationed stateside and abroad, she has seen much suffering. But now she is dealing with a loss of her own, that of her sight. After she contracted a resistant strain of…

Trista is an active duty soldier. She has served in the United States Army for nine years and been deployed three times. Trista suffers from severe PTSD and, as a result, tends to isolate herself. She confessed that before she got matched with a service dog, she would take multiple anti-anxiety medications to go to…

Sam suffers from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and prefers to not share her background with the public. However, she is happy to report that she was successfully matched with Glory, her service dog, in July 2012. Sam and Glory completed placement class the same weekend that Sam was retired from the Army. Since retiring…

Zeus, a Ridgeback mix, was given a second chance at life. He was surrendered to a no kill shelter in Florida because his owner could not afford to keep him, and believed that a no kill shelter meant that they do not euthanize the dogs.When Zeus’ owner found out that his dog would have a…