Happy Thanksgiving to all! We here at Paws for Purple Hearts hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. This year we have many things to be thankful for including our dogs, Veterans, volunteers and [...]

At Paws for Purple Hearts it was time to join the country in honoring our veterans and their sacrifices by celebrating Veterans Day. It is this weekend our nation takes time to give thanks to all [...]

Timmy will continue to serve many Veterans in his new role. Check out our Facebook page to see pictures of the graduation. This was the first Facility Dog graduation ceremony that was held here [...]

PPH Dogs dressed up as fun Halloween characters all month during their visits to Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities all over south Texas as they participated in Social Therapy visits and Service [...]

“Winterization” of the dogs not only involves desensitizing the dogs to wearing booties and dog coats, but also to the regular application of paw pad salve to protect their feet once the snow falls.

Our service dogs in training come from individual breeders that we have carefully selected due to the temperament and health of the dogs. This past weekend we were lucky enough to receive six [...]

A rollup of info on our dogs around the nation.

. We would like to thank Department President Loretta Marsh and The American Legion Auxiliary for raising over $25,000 to support our work to provide our top-notch service dogs and highly [...]

Service dogs-in-training from PPH sites across the country attended the All Team Conference.

We start with field trips when the pup is around 8 weeks old. At this age, we actually carry the pup around in a “puppy pouch” or they ride in a “puppy cart” while being exposed to many different [...]

The Veterans’ Resource Fair is being held at the Monterey County Fair on August 31, 2018 as part of the Fair’s Military and Veteran’s Appreciation Day.

More people are discovering the benefits of having a service dog trained to mitigate a specific disability, whether it be to aid and assist after a seizure, alert to a drop in blood sugar levels, [...]