Putnam Service Dogs

Putnam Service Dogs We incorporated as a nonprofit in New York State in 2016. Contact us at 917-449-5359 or [email protected]. https://www.putnamservicedogs.org/

"I needed to do more."That's Mike Hermoza in the spring of 2020. The year the world went quiet, when work moved to the k...
09/04/2026

"I needed to do more."

That's Mike Hermoza in the spring of 2020. The year the world went quiet, when work moved to the kitchen table, and for him, the daily grind stopped being enough.

Six years later, he sits on our board as treasurer, and on September 27 he's running 13.1 miles for PSD.

Read why, and sponsor a mile: ๐Ÿพ
https://www.putnamservicedogs.org/blog/run-with-mike/

It's National Service Dog Month. Most of what you'll see this month is finished dogs doing remarkable things. This is th...
09/02/2026

It's National Service Dog Month. Most of what you'll see this month is finished dogs doing remarkable things.

This is the part that comes first.

Jared and Iceman went to the Rutgers University Companion Animal Club recruiting event Sunday with hundreds of students, food smells, and noise in every direction. For young dogs still in training, that's a lot. Isaac needed a break, and taking it was the right call.

This is the work. Months of ordinary practice in loud places, so that one day none of it fazes them.

There's a number we're proud of, and the number is zero.That's what one of our service dogs costs the person who receive...
09/01/2026

There's a number we're proud of, and the number is zero.

That's what one of our service dogs costs the person who receives it. A service dog can run up to $40,000 to train. Our recipients pay zero.

Behind that zero: a shelter dog chosen for potential. About two years of work. Roughly 2,000 training hours. A puppy raiser's living room. A professional trainer's patience. And a person on the other end who has been waiting.

Zero isn't a discount. It's a decision, and it holds because of you.

September is National Service Dog Month.
Give back this September: https://putnamservicedogs.harnessgiving.org/campaigns

08/28/2026

Keys on the floor: two seconds for most of us. A real problem for someone who canโ€™t bend down. ๐Ÿ”‘

Haidenโ€™s got it handled.

08/28/2026

Dropped keys are a two-second problem unless bending down isn't an option.

Haiden's got it. This one's officially mastered. ๐Ÿ”‘

โ›ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜. ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ.That's the deal on Monday, September 28 at our 10th Annual Golf Tournament โ€” and thi...
08/26/2026

โ›ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜. ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

That's the deal on Monday, September 28 at our 10th Annual Golf Tournament โ€” and this is the vehicle waiting at the hole-in-one.

Volz Auto Group, one of our most loyal supporters and Lunch Sponsor, is putting up a 2026 GMC Sierra 1500 Elevation. 4x4, 5.3L V8, remote start, navigation, leather seats. ๐Ÿ›ป

The rest of the day is no small thing either: an exceptional PRIVATE course at Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley, breakfast, lunch, cocktail hour, and a foursome's worth of stories you'll tell all winter.

And every dollar goes to the work โ€” rescuing carefully selected shelter dogs, training them for about 2,000 hours, and placing them at no cost with Veterans with PTSD and people with physical disabilities.

We're filling up fast.

$250 per golfer ยท $90 for lunch + cocktail hour only
Register: https://www.putnamservicedogs.org/events/annual-golf-tournament/

Thank you, Volz Auto Group. ๐Ÿพ

08/24/2026

UPDATE on our Jared. He's now nine months old and working on retrieving keys.

He understands the job โ€” find them, pick them up, bring them back. What he's still perfecting is the pickup: getting the keys in one clean, confident scoop instead of a few tries.

That precision is what makes the skill genuinely useful to a person who can't easily bend down for what they've dropped.

And precision doesn't come from a clever trick. It comes from repetition and consistency โ€” the same short sessions, day after day, until "almost" becomes "every time."

Roughly 2,000 training hours go into each of our dogs before they're placed. This is what a few of those minutes look like.

Jared is a work in progress, and he's right on track. Also, undeniably cute.

โ›ณ Thank you, sponsors. These are the people behind our 10th Annual Golf Tournament, teeing off Monday, September 28 at T...
08/21/2026

โ›ณ Thank you, sponsors. These are the people behind our 10th Annual Golf Tournament, teeing off Monday, September 28 at Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley.

About 2,000 hours of training go into every Putnam service dog before we match one with their person โ€” and every dog is placed at no cost to the recipient. That math only works because of the businesses below.

โ›ณ EVENT SPONSOR
Burke Energy

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ LUNCH SPONSORS
Telecom Infrastructure Corp
Volz Auto Group

โ˜• BREAKFAST SPONSOR
Southeast Animal Hospital

๐ŸŒ๏ธ HOLE IN ONE SPONSOR
Coffee Labs Roasters INC

๐Ÿšฉ HOLE SPONSORS
Chris' Automotive
New York Life Hudson Valley GO
PCSB Foundation
Steven Flagg, Morgan Stanley
First Quality Enterprises
Schwartz Heslin Group
Kasselman Solar
Douglas C. Lane & Associates
Kohlmann Agency

๐Ÿชง LARGE TEE SIGN SPONSORS
Jefferson Valley Eye Care
Bailey & Beatty Financial
Alan Twitty Insurance
Appliance Sales Plus
George Hartshorn Paving

๐Ÿชง TEE SIGN SPONSORS
Bill Henry Tree Service
Par Productions
One Up Nail
Byron's Patterson Auto Body
Bee & Jay Plumbing
Anna's Limousine
Red Mills Pub
Hogan Rossi & Liguori Attorneys at Law
Anthony's Jewelers

There's still room to join them โ€” sponsorships start at $125, and foursomes are open.

https://www.putnamservicedogs.org/events/annual-golf-tournament/

08/18/2026

Same direction. Same pace. Harper and Dante are building the thing you canโ€™t teach in one session โ€” timing.

Address

P. O. Box 573
Brewster, NY
10509

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(917) 449-5359

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