Mutts with a Mission Executive Director Brooke Corson explained that Sage had been raised as a service dog since she was eight weeks old and, in fact, had received the most rigorous level of training to become what the group calls a facility dog: she is trained to assist her handler by performing specific tasks while working with a specific demographic. The organization in 2019 expanded its mission to train dogs for law enforcement and first responders. Mutts with a Mission was founded in 2008 to train service dogs for wounded warriors with PTSD and mobility disabilities. Ford Carrier Strike Group, and three volunteers. Genevieve Clark, right, chaplain for the Gerald R. Sage is deployed aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. “Sailors are coming to more warrior toughness events and improving their morale through the vast network of resiliency resources the ship offers, with Sage now present at these opportunities.” “One of the positives of having Sage aboard the ship is her help in breaking down some barriers to utilizing mental, emotional and spiritual resiliency resources,” Clark said in a Navy news release. Three other sailors have volunteered to help care for the canine during the deployment, which could last around six months. Ford Carrier Strike Group, will serve as Sage’s primary handler and underwent 120 hours of training with Mutts with a Mission. Genevieve Clark, the chaplain for the Gerald R. It’s part of what is dubbed, in typical military-speak, the Expanded Operational Stress Control Canine program.Ĭmdr. The dog will comfort sailors and is trained to help them cope with operational stress.
The Virginia-based nonprofit Mutts with a Mission trained Sage and loaned her to the crew for the deployment.
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