VETS VALOR PROGRAM

Vets Valor program provides Service Dogs for Veterans with service-connected psychiatric and/or physical disabilities. Our service dogs are specifically trained for veterans to assist with a variety of needs.

· Mobility assistance

Service dogs can be trained to assist with mobility, such as helping with balance or retrieving items.

· PTSD Sympthons

Service dogs help combat the symptoms of PTSD, such as anxiety and panic attacks.

· Sense of security

Service dogs can help veterans feel more comfortable in social situations and provide a sense of security.

Project HEAL®: Service Dogs for Veterans

Service Dogs for VetsECAD's Project HEAL® honors and empowers Veterans with combat-related physical and/or psychiatric disabilities including amputees, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), by providing specifically educated Service Dogs for veterans to increase independence and make a positive difference in every aspect of their lives.

The specially trained Service Dogs for vets learn numerous specialty commands to aid Veterans including reminding them to take medications, sensing and warding off hyper-viligance, depression and anger, and offering non-judgemental companionship and unconditional love. Additional these specially educated dogs provide stability, mobility and retrieval assistance

Operation Paws on the Ground is dedicated to helping both veterans and canines save each other through a union like no other. We accomplish this through :

• Give Veterans Jobs

Our goal is to hire and train veterans to become dog trainers. This will not only give them a meaningful purpose but also extra income.

• Rescue & Train Dogs

We rescue appropriate dogs from high kill areas of the country and train them to be support and service dogs for veterans in need.

• Match Veterans & Dogs

Matching a veteran with a rescued dog that has been trained to help support their needs. A companion like no other.

The Train a Dog Save a Warrior  (TADSAW) program serves the veteran, the family and the community, by providing the warrior with a K-9 rescue ‘Battle Buddy’ and the training and tools needed to become an accredited TADSAW Warrior/Service Dog Team.

TADSAW additionally provides for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog for any veteran’s immediate family, the spouse or children, surviving with compassion fatigue, secondary PTSD, or any other mental health issue diagnosed while the veteran was deployed or on active duty.

Whenever possible, TADSAW will evaluate the veteran’s personal dog, because the bond has been established, to determine the dog’s viability to be a service dog candidate.  If the veteran needs a dog, TADSAW’s trainers will go to a rescue shelter and evaluate and select an appropriate candidate for the veteran.  At that time the process will begin.

The program lasts from 15-25 weeks to train the veteran and dog team.  The first phase is focused on the skills needed to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizenship course, which is the benchmark standard in obedience for therapy dog work.  During the second phase, time is spent socializing the team in dog friendly public places.  When the trainer is confident the team is progressing sufficiently, the in-training Public Access work, in areas where only Service Dogs are allowed, begins.

Dog Star Rescue is proud to have a special adoption program just for honorably discharged U.S. armed forces veterans. Learn about how what to expect if you qualify and watch the videos on this page to see the impact this program has had on other fellow veterans.

Our Vision

To match qualified veteran service men and women with deserving homeless abandoned dogs, and to provide each with a rewarding life experience. The matchmaking is completed by pairing veterans with a specifically selected and evaluated rescue dog, based on the veteran’s personality and lifestyle to make the perfect companion match.

Our Mission

The overall Mission of DS4V is to be a veteran dedicated organization focused on matching specially identified rescue dogs to be companion dogs, and to help heal the emotional wounds of military veterans.

Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing highly trained service dogs to disabled American Veterans.  Each dog trained at Patriot PAWS is customized to the individual needs of the Veteran with the goal of increased independence.  Our dogs are trained to assist Veterans with both visible and invisible disabilities, and can help with many tasks that would otherwise be difficult or impossible.  It takes about 2 1/2 years to train one service dog, but we provide these dogs at no cost to the Veteran.