Service Dogs
Service Dogs provide specific services to their partners; providing physical assistance and performing tasks useful to a person with a physical mobility challenge; bringing companionship, psychological, and social benefits. Even better, through partnership with an service dog, people often experience a joy and confidence due to the increased social interaction and independence. One of PawPADs focus’ is training these service dogs for people with physical mobility disabilities.
Over an approximately two year period, our young service dogs in-training pass high standards of health, behavior, obedience and skill training in order to become a PawPADs certified service dog.
Our dogs are taught to perform such tasks as:
- Opening doors,
- Turning lights on & off,
- Retrieving dropped – or needed – items,
- paying at a counter,
- pulling wheelchairs,
- and providing balance,
- and so much more!
“Without Ranger, my husband wouldn’t have the independence he has today…Ranger adds a level of safety and security to our lives that I am immensely grateful for. He is my husband’s safety net and my peace of mind.
I cannot imagine our family without him or where we would be if he didn’t come into our lives.”
– Jessica Z. wife of a wounded warrior.
Please check out the placement criteria and process right here:
In order to achieve the highest rate of success for clients and assistance dogs, PawPADs has established the following criteria for applicant acceptance:

PawPADs has a limited number of scholarships allowing us to place Service Dogs with veterans – with service connected physical disabilities – without cost to the veteran. Ask us about it!











