Who is Flint?
Flint is a handsome yellow Labrador retriever who is also a fully-trained service dog from the nonprofit organization Leashes of Valor. Flint was given to United States Air Force Veteran, and now 7th grade teacher, Tammie Tourtellott to help with symptoms of PTSD. You can read more about their story on the LOV wesbite: Warrior Stories. Tammie launched Flint’s Fabulous 5K in 2024 as her way of giving back to Leashes of Valor for the gift of Flint!
Training for all Leashes of Valor puppies begins at 8 weeks and continues until the dog is 1.5 - 2.0 years of age when it is considered fully Public Access Trained and ready to be paired with a Warrior Veteran. During this time, a dog in training lives with various approved foster families and learns everything from its name, to basic manners, to how to recognize the need for and to give medical alerts to its future handler. Leashes of Valor provides all veterinarian care during training and resources to foster families to cover all training needs. On average, each fully trained Service Dog costs $30,000, at NO COST to the Veteran.
Race registration will be a basic amount with an option to Add-On an additional donation. There will be various add-on donation levels that accurately reflect the various items needed to fully train a future life-saving Service Dog for a US military veteran. Your $20.00 base cost will cover the cost of your registration, race shirt and high value training treats for learning basic commands. Each level increase will directly provide an item needed for training by foster families: food, leashes, bowls, vests, beds, vaccinations and training for the handler. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO LEASHES OF VALOR AND DOG TRAINING RESOURCES. That is Tammie's promise to you. She simply wants a future Warrior to have a dog as amazing as Flint!!
You can follow Tammie and Flint’s adventures @fabulous_flint (Instagram) and @Flint’s Fabulous 5K (Facebook)
