WHAT IS THE DOGWISH FOUNDATION?
In 1994 when Bob Taylor, Founder of Dogwish Foundation, became the owner of the websites www.dogtraining.com, and now www.us-k9.com scores of disabled people emailed him on his website, asking for help with serious and perilous conditions and situations in their lives that they needed help to deal with. In seeking to respond to these disabled people Bob found that along with their physical and mental disabilities, they all suffered from incredible financial disabilities as well. Bob not only had to create Assistance K9 training strategies for each individual, he also had to get the K9 to them at a cost they could afford. To this day Bob puts more financial resource into every dog he trains than he receives from his disabled clients. As a concerned humanitarian there was only so much Bob could do by himself, and therefore created Dogwish as a way to help each of person with a need financially qualify to own a Certified Service Assistance K9 that could make a difference in the quality of their lives. The DOGWISH Foundation, Inc. created in 2002, is a Licensed Non Profit Corporation, Registered with the I.R.S., and the Department of Justice.
DOGWISH is there to help every disabled person we can. Dogwish operates without discriminating in any way, providing K9s and services to many recipients that would never have been able to quality or receive a K9 from anyone else. Our goals are:
- to raise the quality of life for every recipient
- to provide a means for independence for every recipient
- to provide improved self image and confidence
- to provide the power to fight and the motivation to overcome disability oriented problems
- to motivate and elevate personal mental/emotional state of mind
- to provide improved personal and social ability and function ability
DOGWISH is a charitable non-profit organization that pays for top quality Service Assistance K9s, and places them with the disabled.
- A Non-Profit 501C Corporation
- Currently registered with the I.R.S.
- Licensed by the State of California.
- Registered with the Department of Justice as a California State Charity.
- Operating in direct compliance with Federal and State "ADA" laws and regulations
DOGWISH was created by Bob Taylor: As "The Continental Who's Who" for dog training, some of Bob's achievements are:
- The California Superior Court and Multi-County Behaviorist K9 expert for 25 years
- As such sat Chairman on the Board that helped create the California Dangerous Dog Laws
- Has been declared an Expert in every County in Southern California
- Has been declared an Expert every Animal Court in California
- Has successfully trained 100s of Dangerous Dogs
- Multi (6X) Schutzhund 3 (Police K9 dog sport) National Champion
- Multi (3X) Master Tracking Dog National Champion
- Multi (12x) World Schutzhund Championship American Team members
Bob was supported by a group of significant people whose lives have been touched as they have personally experienced what his Service Assistance K9s have done for people with disabilities. All of these people came to Bob, and being exposed to the work being done at US-K9, have decided to put their abilities and their lives on the line with the DOGWISH Foundation, Inc. Among was:
- Doctor David Kelso, MD, PHD, RN, Vice President of the American Red Cross
- Travis Sorrow, Administrative Chief of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Craig Fry, Battalion Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department
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