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Partners Dogs Foundation

Better futures, built together.

We develop resources and innovative technologies to improve the lives of dogs, parents, and the professionals that support them.

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Three ways we work

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Rehabilitation Grants

Grants that help dogs in need of professional training and rehabilitation reach it, when cost or circumstance would otherwise stand in the way.

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Professional Education

Grants that help emerging and current animal professionals access affordable, high-quality education in dog training, behavior, and care.

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Research & Innovation

Investment in research into dog behavior and genetics, aimed at predicting a dog's health and behavioral needs early enough to build a personalized care plan.

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The giving cycle

How the Foundation works

One continuous loop connects everyone who gives or serves to the dogs, families, and professionals the Foundation supports.

  1. You give or serve

    A one-time gift, a monthly gift, or a volunteer commitment starts the cycle. Every path in feeds the same programs.

  2. Grants fund training, education, and research

    Support is directed to rehabilitation grants, professional education grants, and research into dog behavior and genetics, the three ways the Foundation works.

  3. Outcomes get reported openly

    Every program reports back on what it funded and what changed, with a defined reporting period and a named source behind every public number.

Proof over promise

We are building a transparent impact system that connects every public number to a reporting period, a program definition, and a source.

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As programs go live, this section will show real figures: dogs and families served, grants awarded, service hours contributed, and funds directed by mission pillar, each with its own definition, reporting period, and source. Until then, this section stays honest about what we do not yet have to show.

Family history

Part of the Partners Dogs family

Partners Dogs Foundation grew out of Partners Dog School, which has trained 70,000+ dogs since it opened in 1997, 28 years of program history. That history sits inside a small family of programs: PartnersDogs.com is the core, training dogs and the families who love them; Partners Dogs University is the brain, building shared knowledge for the field; and the Foundation is the heart, funding the grants, education, and research that help more of that work reach the people who need it.

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Current opportunities

Active campaigns fund a specific dog, program, or need.

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Research & Innovation Fund

Support research and development into dog behavior, genetics, and technology that improves care, training, and quality of life for dogs and the people who love them.

Always-open fund. Every gift is put to work as it arrives.

Fund research
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Rehabilitation Grants Fund

Support dogs in need of professional training and rehabilitation. This fund covers assessment, structured training, and coordinated care for cases that need more than a single intervention.

Always-open fund. Every gift is put to work as it arrives.

Fund rehabilitation
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Professional Education Fund

Support animal professionals pursuing continuing education in behavior modification, pet care, veterinary support, working-dog handling, rescue work, and related fields.

Always-open fund. Every gift is put to work as it arrives.

Fund education
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Sponsor a Dog's Journey

Monthly support that carries one dog through professional training and back to a thriving life with their family or a family waiting to welcome them.

Rehabilitation Grants

Always-open fund. Every gift is put to work as it arrives.

Sponsor this journey
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General Fund

Support wherever the need is greatest across rehabilitation, professional education, and research.

Always-open fund. Every gift is put to work as it arrives.

Give to the General Fund
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The Hidden Pain Project

Aggression, fear, avoidance, and sudden training regression may sometimes signal physical pain rather than a behavior problem. This research investigates how often undiagnosed pain drives behavior concerns and builds practical screening tools for families, trainers, and veterinarians.

Research & Innovation
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The Confident Puppy Project

Families and breeders get conflicting advice about puppy socialization: what to expose puppies to, how fast, and when it becomes too much. This research studies which humane socialization methods most reliably produce adaptable, resilient adult dogs.

Research & Innovation
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The Canine Sleep and Learning Project

Training programs track cues, repetitions, and technique closely, but far less attention goes to what happens after a lesson ends. This research studies how sleep quality and rest timing shape memory, emotional regulation, and long-term training success.

Research & Innovation
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The Resilient Dog Project

Dogs facing the same stress or environmental change often respond very differently. This research studies the factors that help dogs recover and tests humane interventions designed to strengthen resilience.

Research & Innovation
$0 raised of $15,000 goal
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The Dog Behavior Genome and Life Experience Project

A dog's behavior cannot be explained by breed, genetics, training, or life experience alone. This global research project studies how biology, genealogy, health, environment, and training interact to shape each dog's individual behavior.

Research & Innovation
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Ways to help

Every gift and every hour of service moves a program forward.

Volunteer

Offer time, skills, or professional expertise to training, rehabilitation, research, education, mentoring, or outreach work.

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Answers on giving, grants, and getting involved. See all questions

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The Foundation's first cycle of rehabilitation grants, professional education grants, and research support starts with the people who show up now. A gift or a volunteer commitment today helps set that first cycle in motion.

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