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Project K-9 Hero is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization, and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Please keep your receipt as your official record. We'll email it to you upon successful completion of your donation.
Sometimes Heroes Need Help, Too.
It costs, on average, $4,000 per year to care for one K-9 Hero. Sometimes, when they require major surgeries or other life-saving procedures, it can cost much, much more. Your support means families of retired K-9 Heroes can focus on giving their dogs the love they deserve, without the burden of overwhelming medical costs.
For far less than you would pay for a daily cup of coffee, you could bring comfort to a retired K-9 Hero in need. Please donate today because it is your generosity that ensures we can continue providing the care these Heroes have earned through their service.
Meet K-9 Yoube
K-9 Yoube is an eleven-year-old Dutch Shepherd retired Narcotics Detection K-9. She is our third National Ambassador and 109th Program Member, having followed in the pawsteps of our first two National Ambassadors, Flash and Axel. Yoube came to us from the Chattanooga Police Department K-9 Unit. She was separated from her Handler and had nowhere to go. After nearly four years of service to our organization, she lost her ability to walk. This is her story.
One summer evening, K-9 Yoube was spending time with our CEO, Jason Johnson, when her leg suddenly went numb. We initially thought she had overdone it playing in the yard—there's nothing Yoube loves more than chasing her ball—but it quickly turned into much, much more. Within hours, she lost feeling in both legs and was unable to walk.
Jason rushed her to the Veterinary Care and Specialty Group in Chattanooga, where doctors found a tumor on her spine requiring immediate surgery. The procedure was critical, but the uncertainty of whether she’d ever walk again was agonizing. Weeks later, Yoube returned home using an assistive sling and a wheel cart, her future still uncertain.
Then, one day, she moved her leg. Running in her cart, chasing her ball, her back legs began to kick. With daily rehab, Yoube made an incredible recovery—going from immobility in August to walking on her own by October.
Then, she had a setback. In November, Yoube began to experience more difficulties, including a wound that wouldn't heal and a regression in her back legs. But she hasn't given up, and neither have we. She continues to fight to regain her mobility, and we continue to fight along with her.
Yoube lives at our Rehabilitation & Rehoming Facility for Police K-9s and Military Working Dogs in Tennessee. She is very special to our staff.
Yoube's total medical expenses are over $35,000.
Yoube had an amazing team of professionals to help her walk again after being paralyzed. But the only reason she was able to have that chance was because of supporters like you. Without your support, no funding would have been available to help our K-9 Hero through her time of hardship. We hope that you'll make a tax-deductible, year-end gift to ensure no K-9 Hero ever has to choose between life and finances.
"I have never in my life seen a dog who just smiled through it all, nonstop, and possess this level of attitude when she literally can’t walk or stand up on her own. Yoube is an inspiration to all living beings that you are NEVER OUT OF THE FIGHT!"
-Jason Johnson, Founder
Yoube's wound requires daily care. We are taking her to the vet every day to get her the treatment she needs. She comes home in the evening to eat and get cuddles and love from Jason and our staff.