Paws for Purple Hearts Alaska

Paws for Purple Hearts Alaska PPH is built upon the trusted and time-honored tradition of Warriors helping Warriors. The benefits extend well beyond the PPH Veteran trainers.

Non-Profit organization, certified through Assistance Dogs International to train & place Service dogs with Veterans experiencing PTSD, TBI, or Mobility challenges. Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) is the first program of its kind to offer therapeutic intervention for Veterans and active-duty Service Members by teaching those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Military Sexual Trauma (MST) to train service dogs for their comrades with combat-related injuries. Under the guidance of PPH instructors, participants engage with specially-bred Golden and Labrador Retriever puppies. Together they undergo an intensive 18-to-24-month service dog training regimen—learning more than 90 commands–while the Veterans reintegrate into civilian life. The service dogs trained in the PPH program are partnered with Veterans or Service Members with combat-related disabilities at no cost, providing a new steadfast companion and a true partner. PPH dogs provide independence and security as they perform tasks like tugging open doors, switching on and off lights, and picking up dropped items.

11/25/2025

Warriors Helping Warriors - Episode 1
Xena helps Leah on their walk in the frozen tundra.

11/20/2025

A big shout out to Double Shovel for hosting us for the "Cider for a Cause" event. It's because of support from local companies like Double Shovel that allow us to continue our mission. Thank you so much! Be sure to stop by their location to try some of Alaska's best cider!

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Thank you so much to Credit Union 1 for your generous donation and for stopping by our facility to meet our pups!
11/20/2025

Thank you so much to Credit Union 1 for your generous donation and for stopping by our facility to meet our pups!

The CU1 team continues to show what community looks like in action. 💚

Leaders of three of our employee resource groups joined forces to fundraise $600 for Paws for Purple Hearts Alaska! When they delivered their donation, they had the opportunity to tour the facility and learn more about the incredible work PPH is doing here in Alaska.

We're proud of our employees for always stepping up to support local organizations leading change for our community.

📷Disability Pride Pack, Veterans Pack and Pets Pack Leaders

Our pups had a great time at Zip Kombucha last Thursday! Thank you so much for having us and for your generous donation....
11/19/2025

Our pups had a great time at Zip Kombucha last Thursday! Thank you so much for having us and for your generous donation. We appreciate your continued support of our organization! Be sure to stop by Zip for a taste of Alaska's best kombucha.

Thank you so much to Hilcorp for having us, as well as several other non-profits, out at the Hilcorp Giving Fair yesterd...
11/19/2025

Thank you so much to Hilcorp for having us, as well as several other non-profits, out at the Hilcorp Giving Fair yesterday! It was a pleasure to share our mission with your employees and it was great exposure for our service-dogs-in-training. Thank you for your generosity to so many of Alaska's non-profit organizations.

11/08/2025

Odin is happy to announce the winners of our snowfall contest! Because we did not have anyone guess the actual date, we are going with the date that was the closest..... November 3rd! Congratulations to Chris G, Veeda P, and Lindsay B! Please send us a DM with your prefered way to recieve your gift from Odin (you are more than welcome to stop by the facility and claim it from him yourself).

A HUGE thank you to everyone that came out last night to our Howl-o-ween party. It was an awesome time and our pups love...
10/30/2025

A HUGE thank you to everyone that came out last night to our Howl-o-ween party. It was an awesome time and our pups loved the socialization. Events like this one cannot happen without the dedication of our volunteers - thank you to all of you that came early, stayed late, and brought food.
The winner of our costume contest was the one and only Uni, Uni, Unicorn- thank you to everyone that voted!

10/30/2025

Lions and tigers and…. Unicorns?!? Come check out our service dogs in training’s costumes tonight for our howl-o-ween party!

10/28/2025

Be sure to check out the“Behind the Gates” segment on Channel 2 news tomorrow evening at 6 and 10pm! You may see some familiar pups 🐶

Thank you so much to the Alaska Chadux Network for having us at your location yesterday! We appreciate the time you gave...
10/24/2025

Thank you so much to the Alaska Chadux Network for having us at your location yesterday! We appreciate the time you gave us to tell everyone about our mission and to do some demonstrations with our service dogs in training. Thank you so much for your generous donation that will help further the training of our dogs and impact the lives of the military community here in Anchorage and across our country.

Address

1657 E Dowling Road
Anchorage, AK
99504

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19073026003

Website

https://linktr.ee/pphalaska

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