member connection all for the vets business owners helping veterans and their families courtesy of daddy dolls dolls help children feel connected when a parent is deployed that his daughters would not know him he walked into elissa faith's room in his elissa up," recalls tricia dropped the doll and put her arms out and no way she would know who he was had it not been for that doll."-steve fisher animals founder with buddy daddy dolls when tricia dyal's marine husband happened that would change many lives "any military spouse will tell you the three-week mark is where everything falls apart," says dyal from her north carolina home months-both needed to be hospitalized but the tears ruined it dyal called a great-aunt to create some- dolls were a huge hit in the military hospital and they found themselves making more for process to turn them out when justin returned from his nine- the vet chef catering event four-legged friendships buzz miller has always had a soft volunteering at local animal shelters in the deployed service members coming in to relinquish their pets "i often heard about military personnel giving up their dogs and cats when they were brave men and women sitting on the floors they had to leave and had no alternative place for their pets."