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To promote education initiatives for the purpose of dog bite prevention and increased child safety around dogs and to provide support for dog bite victims.

Doggone Safe is a non-profit organization dedicated to dog bite prevention through education and dog bite victim support.

Doggone Safe's mission is to promote education initiatives for the purpose of dog bite prevention and increased child safety around dogs and to provide support for dog bite victims.

These educational goals originate from the recommendations of coroner's jury inquest into the tragic mauling death of 8 year old Courtney Trempe in 1998.

Our Mandate is:
To provide low-cost educational materials for use in schools;
To provide low-cost educational materials for use by community health departments;
To provide educational materials to veterinarians for office display;
To provide educational materials to family physicians for office display;
To provide information and resources on raising puppies and training dogs in ways that do not promote aggression;
To provide information and resources for parents and expectant parents with dogs;
To provide information and resources for professionals who must visit or enter the homes of people with dogs during the course of their job;
To promote the need for trauma counseling for dog bite victims and to provide victim support services;
To provide services for dog bite victims and their families.