About Vets Helping Heroes

Vets Helping Heroes evolved from the Boca West VetDogs Fund, a special fund created by a WWII veteran and a Korean War veteran from Florida. Our goal is to help the heroes of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan get the assistance dogs they need.

Vets Helping Heroes strives to raise funds to meet the ever-growing needs of veterans who experience visual, physical, and/or emotional trauma. Requests from disabled veterans range from dual-trained dogs for balance/stability (physical therapy), retrieval, responders to alarms, and assistance with activities of independent living to Trekker GPS training to therapy dogs for active military personnel - providing emotional support for those who have PTSD and other combat-related challenges.

The average working life of an assistance dog is between seven and 10 years. Due to our affiliation with America's VetDogs®, after a veteran has received a guide or assistance dog, he is eligible for another dog, including training, at no cost after he has retired his dog. Your dontations make this possible.

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