Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Leisa Tilley-Grajek is the founder, owner and trainer of K9 Guardians, a nonprofit based in Fallbrook, which provides service dogs to veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome or Traumatic Brain Injuries.
According to Leisa Tilley-Grajek, as many as 30 percent of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome or Traumatic Brain Injury.
Worse, Tilley-Grajek said, an average of 22 veterans commit suicide each day in the United States.
Her lifelong love of German Shepherds – she likes to say she "was born into a pack" – and her hobby as a breeder of the animals led her to form the veteran-supporting K9 Guardians a little more than four years ago.
The Fallbrook-based nonprofit organization, which mostly consists of Tilley-Grajek and volunteers from the commu...
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