A vest doesn’t make a service dog
September 14, 2026
It happened so fast. Four Puppy Jake Foundation trainers with four Phase 4 service dogs in training were headed to
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Finding Her Calm
August 10, 2026
During her time in the transition battalion, Megan hit a point lower than she’d ever expected to reach, a stretch
Hear the Birds Sing Again
August 10, 2026
Before Chips, Sean describes life as a stretch of failing at nearly every relationship in his life until he felt
Comfortable in His Own Skin
August 10, 2026
For a long time, PTSD meant one specific thing to Chris: the constant awareness of the person he used to
Finding Faith Again
July 30, 2026
Tina loved her job. She didn’t want a fallback or an exit strategy, that job was supposed to be the
Choosing dogs to go to Newton Correctional Facility
April 10, 2026
One of the questions we hear often is: How do you decide which dogs go to the Newton Correctional Facility? Before
Working Through Red Flags: How We Make Thoughtful Training Decisions
March 30, 2026
In every service dog in training’s journey, there are moments that ask us to pause, evaluate and make thoughtful decisions.
When a Dog Finds a Different Path: Our “Fabulous Flunkies”
March 12, 2026
At Puppy Jake Foundation, every dog who enters training does so with the goal of becoming a service dog for
Last stop: The Training Trip
September 16, 2025
Service dog in training, Winston, just completed a weekend training trip to Boston with our Lead Trainer Renee Moore and
The hardest part of the ADA Service Dog Law: Asking a service dog to leave a public place
September 4, 2025
We are frustrated. In the past 10 years, we have had to retire two service dogs because they were attacked