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Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is a non-profit organization that trains and provides service dogs for disabled United States Veterans and others with mobile disabilities.

Our award-winning trainer and founder, Lori Stevens, has over 15 years of experience working with service dogs.  With her No. 1 canine partner, Beau, Lori has been seen from coast-to-coast, appearing with Beau on such television programs as “The Late Show” with David Letterman and Animal Planet's “Pet Star.”

In February of 2005, a group of disabled veterans from the Dallas VA Hospital asked Lori Stevens to assist them in training their own service dogs.  This is where Lori learned about the plight of disabled veterans in need of service dogs. 

In February of 2006, Patriot PAWS Service Dogs was established and now holds provisional membership in Assistance Dogs International (ADI).

The objective at Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is to restore many of the physical and emotional freedoms which have been compromised due to someone's physical disabilities.  We are committed to working together with the service dog owners and their dogs as they learn to work as a team, thus increasing self-sufficiency.

It takes 12 to 18 months to properly train just one service dog.  The cost of the care and training for that one service dog during these months is approximately $20,000.  Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is committed to providing service dogs of the highest quality at minimum cost to the disabled person. For an application, please go to the Veterans' Page on this site to fill in a request form and one will be sent to you by mail.

The Dallas Morning News has recently run an article (authored by Roy Appleton) of Patriot PAWS Service Dogs and the work that this foundation does. Click to view the video clip of Sgt. Clay Rankin and his dog, Archie, working as a team, which is illustrative of the work that service dogs do.

Contact Information:
811 Yellow Jacket Lane, Suite 115
Rockwall, TX  75087
Cell     214-502-3647
Office     972-772-3282
Email     PatriotPaws@aol.com

Patriot PAWS Service Dogs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.