South Valley Nonprofit Marks 15 Years Saving People and Dogs | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

South Valley nonprofit marks 15 years saving people and dogs | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

He’d been waiting years for a service dog—years marked by crippling anxiety, years of waitlists, years of prices he couldn’t hope to pay. Running out of options, the Marine veteran called a local dog trainer named Mary Cortani and made a desperate plea. That call would prove life-changing for both of them, and for more than 600 other veterans, first responders and other sufferers of post-traumatic stress. “You could hear the suicidal ideation in…

South Valley nonprofit marks 15 years saving people and dogs

He’d been waiting years for a service dog—years marked by crippling anxiety, years of waitlists, years of prices he couldn’t hope to pay. Running out of options, the Marine veteran called a local dog trainer named Mary Cortani and made a desperate plea. That call would prove life-changing for both of them, and for more than 600 other veterans, first responders and other sufferers of post-traumatic stress. “You could hear the suicidal ideation in…