09/19/2026
One Year Ago Today, Daisy Crossed the Rainbow Bridge
Today, Wounded Paw Project® pauses.
One year ago, Daisy “Rainbow” crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
For us, Daisy was never simply a dog. She was a rescue who became a service dog. She became my service dog. And ultimately, she became the reason Wounded Paw Project® exists.
Daisy saved me from myself.
What began with one big brown-eyed dog became a mission dedicated to Helping on Both Ends of the Leash™. Her life changed mine, and because it did, her pawprints have reached people and animals she would never meet.
Today, one of those animals is Lazarus.
Daisy never knew Lazarus. But the organization she inspired was there when his story found its way to us. A dog who survived being shot through the head, nearly four days alone, and injuries that left him blind in one eye and deaf in one ear now has a second chance—and a mission of his own.
That is Daisy's legacy.
It lives in Lazarus.
It lives in every animal given another chance.
It lives in every Veteran or service member who discovers that sometimes the animal at the other end of the leash is the one doing the saving.
So today, we pause—not simply to mourn what we lost, but to recognize what Daisy left behind.
A year later, her work isn't finished.
She is still saving PAWs.
Daisy “Rainbow”
Founder, Wounded Paw Project ®
Rescue Turned Service Dog
In Loving Memory
Helping on Both Ends of the Leash™
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