Healing Paws for Heroes | service dogs Home Hero Teams Memoriam Volunteer Public Access Facts Events Ways to Give Shop More Healing Paws for Heroes Here at Healing Paws for Heroes we rescue train and donate our dogs to Veterans Law Enforcement and First Responders free of charge. Costs for a fully trained service dog can run a minimum of 17000 up to 40000 or evenhigher depending on the needs of the recipient. The costs can be prohibitive for a veteran on a fixed income seeking a service dog the waiting lists for financial assistance and pairing with the right dog can take years. We focus our rescues on mainly herding breeds and mixes as they are primarily abandoned due to inexperienced owners not giving a working breed a job and these breeds do not cope well in shelters shutting down emotionally losing appetite then getting euthanized.