One of the Commanders’ most notable free agent signings is Mando, the team dog in training to be paired with a retired military member.
“Every home game, I try to take a picture with him,” quarterback Taylor Heinicke said. “It’s been a good-luck charm so far. He’s awesome.”Mando is a pup in training with K9s For Warriors, a Florida-based organization that rescues dogs mostly from high-kill shelters and pairs them with retired military members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries or military sexual trauma.
That training lasts six to eight months and includes basic commands and more complicated tasks. Many retired service members experience hypervigilance, in which they’re constantly trying to assess potential threats, typically because of trauma; the dogs ease that anxiety by watching their backs. Others feel anxiety in crowds; the dogs can sense that and make space by circling them so others move away.
Crenshaw tried the traditional modalities prescribed to him, including therapy and medication, but none were “wholesome enough,” he said. He had friends who had donated dogs to K9s For Warriors, and eventually he inquired about the program. “I’m still trying to be this tough guy, still trying to put up this hard exterior,” Crenshaw recalled. “And then finally I sit down, and he just jumps in my lap, and he’s licking and kissing me and loving all over me. That was probably the first time in a long time that I had true, proper emotion to a situation. And that’s when I realized we’re going to be on a good journey.”
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