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The inspiration for the Dogs of Honor website comes fittingly from a United States Naval Veteran, dog lover, and charity participant, which is the perfect combination for a compassionate and creative mind. One such mind that would personally become the genius behind a website dedicated to honoring dogs of the military and other services. Leslie Green is this person and if given the opportunity to speak to her, you would become an advocate for Dogs of Honor as well.
Green served four years in the United States Navy, serving her country with pride and bravery. It was at this time that her story began. When her Chief Engineer was reassigned during her service, he asked her to look after his dog, Baby, until which time that he would arrive home to take up where he left off in the care for her. Green felt for her friend in that she too had been forced to leave a pup behind to await her safe return. “I wished that people recognized a soldiers attachment to pets, but no one ever mentions the emotions involved with leaving a pet behind.” Says Green.
Later in life, Green was hired on with a company that allowed her the opportunity to donate and work closely with charitable organizations. Reflecting on baby and her service, Green consistently chose those charities serving dogs. It was this involvement with charity that sprung Green to action. Through her work, she met two individuals that set her on this course to make a difference. One gentleman, a dog handler for a bomb squad, shared with Green his experiences with the dogs in their lives and in their deaths. His relationships with these K-9's hit home with Green, and the idea was born. She then met another gentleman, the founder of Operation Send Off, a group that takes pups to the airport to allow them to say goodbye to their masters before departing to the war zones that call them. This idea was so touching to Green, "I can barly talk about it without crying" she says.
Green is many things, but a dog owner and a visionary for their well being above all others. Through DogsofHonor.com (formerly FallenDogs.com) join her in this crusade. It is best put by Green herself who says "Why not honor soldiers with 4 legs as well as those with two?"
Update: In September 2011, by popular demand from our reader's, the scope and subject matter of the site was expanded from FallenDogs to DogsofHonor. Our new home on the internet became www.DogsofHonor.com
Our Mission
DogsOfHonor.com exists to celebrate and honor the memory of Dogs of Honor -- dogs who have meaningfully served their country, their community, or their family.
DogsOfHonor.com celebrates the special bond between dog and humankind, and seeks to become a gathering place for those who appreciate that bond or want to memorialize a hero dog.
The site welcomes visitors to read fascinating and inspirational feature articles, as well as moderated stories submitted by other visitors and supporters.
If so moved, readers are encouraged to:
- offer condolences or appropriately comment on the stories
- leave a memorial icon that honors a dog of honor.
- Shop, Save, Support: Shop our store stocked with top quality products provided by our sponsors--every sale supports DogsOfHonor.com and our K9 Angel Charities!
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This Privacy Policy applies to the Dogs of Honor web site (located at www.DogsOfHonor.com) and any other web sites (our "Sites" and each individually, a "Site") owned and operated by Dogs of Honor ("Dogs of Honor", "we" or "us").
Welcome to the website of DogsOfHonor.com. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the site.
The only personal information we collect is: name, street and email address, telephone number, and credit card information.
We use the personal information collected from you to process orders or respond to e-mail inquiries. Personal information we collect is not used for any other purpose and is not shared.
We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put into place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under the age of 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13 to provide information to us.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request detailing the error(s). To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
If you suspect any of the personal information you supply us online is being misused, contact us directly at mail@DogsOfHonor.com or 800-697-6084.
Should you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please call us at 800-697-6084 or send us an email at Thanks@dogsofhonor.com.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT
You can visit our Sites and view our content anonymously. For certain activities, we collect information about you.
The information we collect falls into two main categories: (1) personal information you voluntarily supply to us to take advantage of certain features of our Sites, some of which may identify you personally, and (2) tracking information we collect as you navigate through our Sites.
Personal Information.
You will need to provide us with personal information if you are interested in obtaining certain information or participating in certain activities. Personal information we collect may include your email address and a user name and password. For example, if you wish to subscribe to a newsletter offered by one of our Sites, we ask you to provide your email address. You may also elect to register to leave comments on particular blog entries of interest.
If we produce a mailing list for a Site to provide mailing list subscribers with relevant information, for example, breaking news, or weekly or daily news round-ups, then users will have to provide a valid email address to sign up for emails from the list. We may ask mailing list subscribers to provide demographic information, such as geographic location, and to describe their personal interests. Mailing list subscribers will receive regular emails from our Site. These emails will contain solely content from DogsOfHonor, but we may send emails from a related affiliated organization.
To enhance the user experience, we may also provide forums, including message boards, where users can discuss topics of common interest. To sign up for a forum, users may have to submit personal information, including name, a valid email address and certain demographic information.
You may also provide us with information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and email address in order to share an online article.
Aggregate information collected through technology
When you use our Sites we may collect tracking information such as your browser type, the type of operating system you use, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and pages visited on the Sites. None of this information identifies you personally; we collect it for aggregate reporting on Site activity. For example, we may want to know how long the average user spends on a Site or which pages or features get the most attention. We use this information to make our Sites more useful to you.
Most aggregate information is collected via cookies or other technical methods. We use cookies, Web beacons, and other technologies for analysis and personalization services, which are described in more detail below.
Cookies: We use "cookies" to store, and sometimes to track, user information in certain areas of our Sites. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie contains a unique number that allows a Site to recognize your computer.
We use temporary and persistent cookies. A temporary cookie tracks visitor activity during a session or visit and it expires when you close your browser. We use them to provide continuity for your visit as you visit web pages in our Sites. Persistent cookies allow us to keep track of your user name and password so you don't have to re-enter that information each time you visit a Site (or Site area) that requires you to sign in. The Help function on most browsers contains information on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, if you don't accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of certain features on our Sites, for example, you will not be able to use products or services that require you to "sign in" with a user name and password.
Web beacons: Our Sites and e-mails may use a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including Web beacons. We use Web beacons (also known as clear gifs) on some of our Sites in conjunction with cookies to compile statistics about Site usage. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of Web sites. We use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our Sites, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of our Sites and to measure the effectiveness of a given Site. We also use Web beacons in HTML e-mails that we send visitors to our Sites who have agreed to receive e-mail from us, to determine whether our recipients have opened those e-mails and/or clicked on links in those e-mails. These technical methods allow us to make our Sites, and any emails you have agreed to receive, more interesting to you. You may render some Web beacons unusable by rejecting their associated cookies.
On their own, cookies or Web beacons do not contain or reveal any personally identifiable information. However, if you choose to furnish us with personally identifiable information, this information can be linked to the data stored in the cookies or Web beacons. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to other parties authorized by us to collect information on our behalf.
Should you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please call us at 800-697-6084 or send us an email at Thanks@DogsOfHonor.com.