Therapy dogs. Service dogs. Search & rescue dogs. Bomb sniffing dogs. Police dogs. Planet Dog celebrates all “working” dogs that are enhancing and saving human lives.

The mission of the Planet Dog Foundation is to promote and celebrate programs in which dogs serve and support their best friends.

We all know dogs have a natural capacity to make us feel unconditionally loved. But when helping people in need, they do so much more. They visit sick children and elders in hospitals and uncover landmines in war zones. They alert a deaf person when someone is at the door and locate hikers lost in the mountains. They find help when their person has a seizure and assist police in dangerous patrols.

Foundation Goals:

• Increase awareness, interest and support nationwide of programs in which dogs work to help people;
  
  
• Promote activities and programs that bring humans and dogs together in mutually beneficial ways;
  
  
• Build partnerships with local, national and global organizations to carry out the mission of the Planet Dog Foundation;
  
  
• Support grantees with financial, strategic and networking support;
  
  
• Respond to emergency situations that impact humans and animals as needed;
  
  
• Support and encourage like-minded organizations with product donations.

For information about grant-making, local initiatives, product donations and other events, visit www.planetdogfoundation.org

You and your dog are invited to Bark in the Park with the Portland SeaDogs at Hadlock Field Sunday, June 3 to help raise funds and awareness for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland.