dog breeders in alaska

(wolves howling) - there's something aboutbeing part of nature, there's something aboutbeing around these animals. to even the most wounded veteran, they feel different, keeps them part of somethinggreater than themselves. the idea is that you'vegotta give someone who's been through a severe trauma,an opportunity to heal, and we believe thatwarriors and wolves program

in a back to nature setting, it does that. we have 40 animals at this facility. - there you go, you got it. you'll get that. - [matthew] we've rescuedwolves off of chains in alaska as part of a roadside attraction. we rescued wolf dogs from abackyard breeder in san diego. i think for all the veteransthat we bring out here, whether they work here orthey're here for a support group,

what rings true is ifthey can heal, i can heal. - the wolves, they notice you're injured, or something's wrong with you, and they have that trauma. so, you know, we had some type of trauma in life, we kinda get that connection and one wolf will be your friend for life. - [matthew] what happens is one animal picks that one veteran,

never again does thatanimal pick someone else, never again does that animal want to show the same kind ofaffection to someone else. - what a good boy! conventional therapy isn'treally something for me. it didn't help to be honest. after 10 years of military life, it was sort of a tough transition. had i continued down mycourse of being angry,

drinking myself to death, may have been the last chapter of my life. - there are things i'veseen that i can't unsee. there are things i'vedone that i cannot undo. just saying that, well i didit in the name of my country, doesn't help you sleep at night. but what does help yousleep is having a companion. - they kinda teach you howto be calm and confident. it's got some deeper meaningwhen they accept you.

they accept you into thefamily, as part of the pack.