Support Our Four-Legged Heroes
Rescue dogs make our life-saving program possible. Your generosity provides these four-legged heroes with the veterinary care, equipment, and training they need to become a life-saving tool for veterans healing from service-connected traumas.
Sponsor a Service Dog
Together we save the lives of Veterans & rescue dogs.
This year, K9s For Warriors is celebrating its pairing of 1,000 Warriors with life-saving Service Dogs. Each of our Service Dogs trains for six to eight months before being paired with the Warrior. There’s A LOT of tender love and care as well as thousands of hours of collective expert training.
We simply can’t do it without donors like you who care deeply for our nation’s heroes and the four-legged friends who give them their lives back.
The making of a Service Dog:
- It costs approximately $75,000 to train each Service Dog
- Since 2019, our dog sponsorship packages have been $25,000
- Starting March 1, 2024, we are raising this to $30,000
This new pricing better reflects the cost of training a Service Dog, while still providing a value to our incredible supporters. New pricing will not impact any current sponsorships yet to be fulfilled.
We thank you for your continued partnership of our mission to end Veteran suicide. Together we are saving lives.
If you are interested in sponsoring a Service Dog, let us know today!
Donate a Future Hero
We are grateful when individuals show interest in donating a large breed puppy to K9s For Warriors. When owners and/or breeders offer K9s for our program, we conduct a preliminary phone screening, followed by a hands-on evaluation to ensure they are a suitable fit.
K9s For Warriors gives consideration to many factors, including:
- Sociability, trainability, confidence and a willingness
to work. - Moderate to low energy level.
- We only accept dogs 1-4 years old and puppies up to 12 weeks old.
- When full grown they measure at least 22 inches tall (from the floor to the top of the shoulders) and at least 50 pounds.
- In good health, with a full record of health history including proof of genetic testing and hip evaluation on dam & sire.
Does Your Future Hero Qualify?
We believe that the health and temperament of an individual K9, not a specific breed, determines how suitable the animal may be for Service Dog work. However, we do not accept certain breeds, as public perception may work against our goal of fully integrating our Warrior graduates back into society and their communities. Our K9 training team can answer specific questions you may have.