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June is PTSD Awareness Month – a month dedicated to raising awareness about the signs, symptoms and causes of post traumatic stress (PTS) as well as treatment options. At Paws for Purple Hearts, [...]

Dr. Bonnie Bergin is the creator of the concept of the service dog. She founded the world’s first mobility service dog organization in 1975 and has devoted her life to teaching and training dogs [...]

Paws for Purple Hearts has high performance standards for service dogs. They cannot be fearful, insecure, or uncomfortable around people, other dogs, unusual objects or noises. This is why we [...]

Over the past few years, Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) has received many, many requests from folks around the USA (and around the world!) for PPH merchandise; shirts, hats, hoodies, etc. For a [...]

We hope your holidays were full of family, friends, fun, and good food! With the change in year comes our New Year’s resolutions.

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 [...]

We are honored to provide this service to those who have sacrificed so much for us. Our mission would not be possible without the generosity of our donors.

Updates on our Menlo Park Service Dogs. Busy times in Menlo Park right now as everyone is keeping busy and enjoying the summer.

For the puppies who are bred through our program or through Bergin College of Canine Studies, we have the benefit of beginning puppy petting, training, and socialization as early as possible.

We take several steps to ensure the success of our service dog, specialist therapy, and facility dog teams. We meticulously match our graduating dogs with clients based on a few important [...]