PARTICIPATE IN CANINE-ASSISTED WARRIOR THERAPY®

TRAIN SERVICE DOGS, HEAL YOUR HEART AND MIND

Here’s how to participate...

A young man with glasses and a beard crouches down, smiling at a black Labrador puppy wearing a purple harness, inside a building with a yellow wall and a railing in the background.

To participate in our Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® sessions, just contact your local VA or DOD mental or behavioral healthcare facility and request that…

  1. They allow you to join an existing group, or…

  2. They contact Paws for Purple Hearts to discuss establishing a new group that you can join.

SERVICE REGIONS

HELPFUL RESOURCES

DONATION DOLLARS AT WORK

  • A adorable golden retriever puppy wearing a blue vest sitting on a wooden floor, with a purple background that has the logo and text for Paws for Purple Hearts, Warriors Helping Warriors.

    With a recurring gift of just $19 a month you will ensure a Service Dog has all of its vaccinations, training equipment and of course toys to get started in their life altering education.

  • A brown dog wearing a purple service dog vest with a warning that it is in training, sitting against a light purple background.

    Your gift of any amount will be a tremendous help to our Service Dogs in Training. It costs $52 a month in dog food for just one dog.

  • A woman smiling and wearing glasses and a cap, sitting on a chair and hugging a large black dog with a purple harness, inside a facility with purple walls and various equipment.

    Paws for Purple Hearts Dog are trained to the most exacting certification because our Veterans deserve the best. Thanks to donors like you, they will never have to pay forany of our services. It costs more than $35,000 to raise just one dog to this high standard.

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  • A man with a bald head and beard sitting on the floor with a black Labrador puppy wearing a purple harness, indoors with blue bleachers in the background.
  • Two Golden Retriever service dogs sitting outdoors in front of green bushes with small white flowers, wearing blue service vests.
  • Two women and two guide dogs sitting on a purple bench in front of a sign for Paws for Purple Hearts, a program for veterans. The women are smiling, and the dogs are sitting calmly between them.
  • Four guide dogs lying on the floor, two black and two yellow, wearing vests that read "Police Dog Training" and "Helping Hearts."
  • A young woman kneeling next to a black Labrador retriever wearing a purple bandana, with a backdrop of a small dock, trophies, and a bear statue on a sunny day.
  • Group of people wearing matching light purple shirts with Texas outline and a graduation cap logo, sitting and standing outdoors in front of a building with a tree, some with dogs wearing similar shirts.
  • Black dog wearing a blue party hat with multicolored pom-poms, a striped bandana, and multiple beaded necklaces, sitting outdoors surrounded by flowers, with birthday decorations and a chalkboard sign that says the dog is one year old with the nickname 'Meg'.
  • A service dog in training, a golden retriever wearing a vest, is sniffing a wooden puzzle toy on the floor while an older person pets its head in a clinical or training room.
  • Black Labrador service dog sitting indoors at an office, with its mouth slightly open showing teeth, wearing a harness, with office furniture and a person with ripped jeans in the background.
  • Two golden retriever puppies lying on a red blanket in a park with trees and grass in the background.

“You work as a team like in the military, all progressing with the same goal in mind - to make the dogs ready to be utilized by fellow Veterans. Every week you look forward to coming here and being a part of something bigger than yourself.”

-Scott, Chief Warrant Officer 5, Marine Corps, Canine-Assisted Warrior Therapy® participant

PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS SUCCESSES

13,147

Lives we’ve directly improved.

22,263

Therapy session participation.*

*(session slots filled)

Many Warriors attend multiple sessions.

159

Dogs we’ve deployed.