A CAUSE TO GIVE US PAWS

• You must live in the greater Houston metropolitan area less than 1 hour from 77043.

• You must have a dog between 5 months - 3 years old that you would think would make a good candidate for service dog training.

• You must have a biography ready to upload. Your biography is one of the most important ways our Board of Directors determines potential candidates for training. Summarize your military history and experience, how your disability occurred, how it presently affects you, and how a Service Dog might help you. Formats accepted: Word, PDF, TXT

• You will need to upload 1-3 photos of yourself and also of your dog. Files accepted: JPG, GIF, PNG, PDF, BMP

This application is for the Spring 2024 cycle, classes beginning in March 2024

Click Here to Complete the Application

For Veterans seeking funding, a copy of your DD-214 and your letter of disability rating from the VA will be required.

Disabled Civilian Service Dog Training Application

Give Us Paws Service Dog Program Track for Disabled Civilians

Please visit our Training page where the first step to attaining Service Dog status is to sign-up for either our:

Disabled Civilian Courses and Pricing:

• Puppy Start Right Preschool (puppies 8-20-weeks-old) 5 weeks $250.00
or

• Basic Foundation Skills 1 class (dogs over 20-weeks-old) 5 weeks $500.00


• Basic Foundation Skills 2 - 5 weeks $500.00
• *Group Skills - 4-8 weeks $250.00 (*if necessary)
• Public Access Skills - 4-8 weeks $250.00
• Applied Skills - 5 weeks $500.00
• Task-Training – Price and timing will vary for disability-specific tasks. 10-24 weeks $1,000.00-$2,400.00

The cost of our Service Dog training program is usually between $3,500.00-$5,000.00, paid in increments of $500.00 every 5 weeks, and lasting 8-12 months depending on complexity of disability-specific task-training.

The first classes in our service dog program, Puppy Start Right Preschool and Basic Foundation Skills 1, are open enrollment for civilians.

Veterans seeking funding must go through our interview and application process and receive board approval. However, disabled veterans seeking to start training immediately do have the option of enrolling in the Basic Foundation Skills courses at a discounted rate.

Clearance to progress through to each course in the program is contingent on successful completion of earlier courses and will be given by trainers. This clearance is dependent on your dog's behavior and progress through training, as well as your participation and practice.

Other Dog Training

Give Us Paws offers dog training courses to the general public not seeking Service Dog training. For more information on our courses, please call us at 281-509-9309 or sign-up for one of our classes below.

• Puppy Start Right Preschool (puppies 8-20-weeks-old) 5 weeks $250.00 or


• Basic Foundation Skills 1 class (over 20-weeks-old) 5 weeks $500.00