About The Service Paw Project
Cofounded by an endurance swimmer who trained for the Paralympics and a longtime advocate. We exist to honor the partnership between handler and service dog — and to make sure that partnership lasts as long as it can.
Our mission
Service dogs work at the highest level every day. Their care isn’t optional — it’s foundational. The Service Paw Project exists to make sure handlers don’t have to choose between their own lives and the medical-grade care their working partners need.
How we got here
One of our cofounders, Megan, worked with her guide dog Suri for fourteen years — far beyond the average career of a service dog. Those years didn’t come from luck. They came from constant advocacy, careful nutrition, and a refusal to accept the gaps in how service dogs are cared for. Our other cofounder, Ryan, recognized the pattern from the outside: this wasn’t one handler making it work. It was structural.
We started The Service Paw Project so the next handler doesn’t have to fight the same fights alone. Read Suri’s story →
Service dogs work at the level of elite athletes — every day, for years. The care that keeps them working, and lets them retire well, isn’t a luxury. It’s the foundation of the partnership.
The Service Paw Project
Help service dogs live longer, healthier, working lives.
Every donation funds the veterinary care and nutrition that keeps a service dog working — and a handler independent.