100% of your donation trains service dogs for veterans and families who need it the most.


100% of your donation trains life-changing service dogs.
A SERVICE DOG THAT BRINGS YOU INDEPENDENCE
Pawsitivity is a nonprofit that rescues dogs and then trains them as service dogs for people with disabilities.

 We’re on a mission to train service dogs for veterans and families who need it the most. 

Join us.

Your donation brings independence to:

Veterans with multiple disabilities, including PTSD.

Pawsitivity service dogs empower veterans by pulling wheelchairs, turning on lights, alerting to PTSD episodes, and so much more. They partner with veterans with multiple disabilities including epilepsy, deafness, and blindness, liberating them to live full and active lives.
Peer-reviewed studies prove that these hero dogs provide increases in: 
  • Self-esteem.
  • Feelings of being "in control" of one's life.
  • Psychological well-being.
  • Dramatically better social interactions.
  • Better community integration.
  • Better school attendance rates.
  • Better part-time employment attendance rates.
  • Perhaps most surprising and dramatically, all participants in this study showed dramatic decreases in the number of hours of (paid or unpaid) assistance they required.

A PAWSITIVITY SERVICE DOG CAN BRING INDEPENDENCE

A Pawsitivity Service Dog Can Bring Independence

Peer-reviewed studies show that trained service dogs changes people for the better. If a person with a disability gets a service dog, that person is more likely to:
Be more independent (90%)
Have higher self-esteem (80%)
Be more content (80%)
Be more assertive (80%)
These gentle, obedient, loving dogs help in almost every category studied, including helping one's social life in addition to performing the specific assistance tasks for which the dog was trained.
Peer-reviewed studies show that trained service dogs changes people for the better. If a person with a disability gets a service dog, that person is more likely to:
  • Be more independent (90%)
  • Have higher self-esteem (80%)
  • Be more content (80%)
  • Be more assertive (80%)
These gentle, obedient, loving dogs help in almost every category studied, including helping one's social life in addition to performing the specific assistance tasks for which the dog was trained.

WHY DOGS?

A dog’s smell is 10,000 to 1,000,000 times better than a human’s. Learn how these amazing dogs help with autism, PTSD, epilepsy, and more.

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Pawsitivity Service Dogs receive up to a year of training, which include 900 of hours of positive training. 
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Accountability is important to you and to us.

 Accountability is important to you and to us.

 Accountability is important to you and to us.

 100%
We've taken the 100% pledge.
An angel donor funds our operating costs so 100% of every dollar you donate will be used solely for the dogs. 
Proving it
We prove the training with every dog and you can follow their progress on Facebook.
Community Partners
We work with strong local partners.See what the media is saying.


 100%
We've taken the 100% pledge.
An angel donor funds our operating costs so 100% of every dollar you donate will be used solely for the dogs. 
Proving it
We prove the training with every dog and you can follow their progress on Facebook. You can also see the theory of change, the logic models, and the award-winning book we have written.
Community Partners
We work with strong local partners. See what the media is saying.