PROACTIVE
PROTECTION
FOR SCHOOLS

We place working dog and handler security teams in schools to mitigate and defend against threats to campus while promoting a tangible sense of safety and peace of mind for the kids and communities they support and protect every day.

Children deserve a safe school environment where they feel tangibly protected and supported daily, so they can focus on learning and becoming America’s next leaders. Please consider donating to help us make this the new reality.

For larger donations, sponsorships, or gifts, please get in touch with us. All donations are 100% tax deductible.

The presence of expertly-trained school safety dogs and handlers on campus provides unparalleled security and protection while fostering a supportive and calming environment.

School Shootings in the U.S. Continue to Climb

Gun violence on K–12
campuses in 2022

GUN VIOLENCE
INCIDENTS

PEOPLE SHOT
(FATAL & WOUNDED)

Gun violence on K–12
campuses in 2023*

GUN VIOLENCE
INCIDENTS

PEOPLE SHOT
(FATAL & WOUNDED)

*As of September 2023

Children Deserve a Safe School Environment

It is essential that kids experience uplifting measures of safety, daily. Proactively protecting kids in school will have lasting effects on their academic retention, mental health, and self-worth. Schools and hospitals have reported that the presence of working dogs for detection and protection is inextricably correlated with the de-escalation of incidents, and the therapeutic benefits that dogs provide to humans has been well documented.

Kids Best Friends dual-purpose dogs bridge the gap between working dogs and emotional support dogs. Our dogs will be a deterrent to those intending harm and reassurance to the kids and schools they support each and every day. 

Kids Best Friends Safety Dogs & Handlers

Kids Best Friends stands apart from other school security solutions because we provide our dual-purpose, specialty-trained dogs with professional handlers as a customized security team who are also integral members of the school community.

The Humans: Our Handlers

Our handlers are former military or law enforcement professionals who have undergone extensive background checks and training and are loyally committed to their continued service of our country with this most honorable calling of protecting our children at school.

Kids Best Friends Handlers

The Canines: Our Dogs

Kids Best Friends Protection Dogs

Our dogs excel at their important jobs of detection, emotional support and should a shooting crisis take place, protection. They also love people and are wonderfully socialized and confident in school settings of all ages.