MORE ON
HERO PUPS.
CUTE AND CUDDLY.
AND DESTINED FOR GREAT THINGS.
THE HOPE, ONE DAY SOON THESE
LITTLE GUYS WILL BE LIKE LEILA,
A HERO PUP.
LIFE.
AFTER TWO TORS IN IRAQ, JEFF
PRINCE CAME TO EXIT HER WITH THE
INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR.
>> YOU FIND YOURSELF IN TRAFFIC,
NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
THERE WERE TIMES I FOUND MYSELF
DUCKING WHEN I GO UNDER AN
OVERPASS, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN
THE HABIT OF HANGING EXPLOSIVE
DETONATING THEM.
KAREN: JEFF FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO
COPE WITH PTSD.
THAT I WANT TO GET.
DEFINITELY THE SELF-MEDICATING,
THE DRINKING, THE -- THE
OTHER PEOPLE.
APART.
>> SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST SAY,
CLAIMING I HAVE PTSD?
WHY AM I SELF-MEDICATING AND ALL
THAT STUFF?
I DID NOT HAVE IT AS ROUGH AS
THIS GUY.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT.
IT IS ALWAYS THERE.
KAREN: LIFE TURNED AROUND WHEN
JEFF EVENTUALLY QUIT DRINKING
AND MET LABOR -- LAYLA.
DOUBT.
GOOD GIRL.
KARE LAYLA, TRAINED BY THE
NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER GROUP
COMPANION DOG.
>> SHE IS LIKE A REALLY
THERAPIST.
KARE LAURA BARKER CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA FOR HERO PUP IN 2011
AFGHANISTAN.
BATTLEFIELD.
>> I HEARD HIM PASS OUT ON THE
PHONE.
THAT WILL CHANGE YOU.
KARE DURING HER SON'S RECOVERY
AT A NAV HOSPITAL, LAURA
WITNESSED FIRSTHAND A THERAPY
DOG'S HEALING POWERS.
THAT HIS LIFE HAD BEEN CHANGED
FOREVER.
HE HAD BEEN KI OF DIFFICULT TO
DEAL WITH BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
WHEN THA DOG CAME IN THE ROOM,
IT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING.
KAREN: INCLUDING HER OWN LIFE.
>> PUPPY, COME HERE.
HI.
KARE LAURA HAS WORKED WITH
RESCUE DOGS ARE ENTIRE LIFE.
NOW SHE WOULD TAKE ON A NEW
THE LEASH.
THAN WE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO
DISHEARTENING.
KAREN: THESE FIVE PUPPIES
RECENTLY CAME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
FROM SHELTERS IN FLOOD RAVAGED
TEXA
>> UP, UP.
KAREN: TRAINING CAN TAKE UP TO
SIX MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE
NEEDS.
>> WE START WITH TOUCHING THEM
EVERYWHERE.
KAREN: JUST GETTING THEM USED TO
BE ABLE?
-- USED TO PEOPLE?
AND THINGS THEY COULD COME IN
I HAVE DONE THIS A BUNCH OF
TIMES SO I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
GOOD PAIRING.
IS THE FIRST TIME THE DOG AND
THAT'S OK.
DIFFERENT ONE WAITING.
KAREN: JEFF AND LAYLA BONDED
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
>> GOOD GIRL.
SHE DOES NOT JUDGE.
SHE IS UNCONDITIONAL.
SHE DOES NOT CARE WHERE I BEND,
WHAT I HAVE DONE.
SH JUST -- SHE IS JUST A BIG
LOVE BUG.
MEDICINE.
AS SILLY AS IT MIGHT SOUND, I
TELL MY WIFE.
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS?
>> I'M LIKE A PROUD MAMA.
IT WORKE YAY.
KAREN: THE PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.
LOTS OF DOGS NEED A HOME.
MANY VETERANS NEED A HAND.
GOOD GIRL, GOOD JOB.