Paws Forward Foundation

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from the Paws Forward Foundation team! 🐾

​Today we celebrate the dedication, resilience, and hard work of our community. That includes the tireless, everyday efforts of our service dogs in training, our dedicated volunteer socializers, and the incredible veterans they are preparing to support.

​We know that healing from unseen wounds—including PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma (MST)—is some of the most difficult labor a person can undertake. Our dogs are actively mastering vital ADI-standard tasks, from psychiatric grounding and deep pressure therapy to medical alerts and mobility assistance, to empower our heroes to reclaim their independence.

​As we reflect on the hard work that moves us forward, we are gearing up for something big. Mark your calendars for our upcoming community event this October! It will be an amazing opportunity to connect, learn about sexual assault awareness and mental health advocacy, and support the training that changes lives.

​Stay tuned for official dates and details later this month. Enjoy a safe and restful Labor Day! 🇺🇸🐕‍🦺

​

09/06/2026

Shout out to NWA Glam Groomery, LLC for getting Titan and Dread pawfect for next week's Hive event! Hope to see you there 🩵💜

09/05/2026

✨ We are bringing the magic to Northwest Arkansas, and admission is simply an act of kindness! ✨

​Families, we invite you to join the Paws Forward Foundation for our Enchanted Trail Walk and Community Give Back Festival! Spread the word far and wide—this is a FREE community event. Instead of buying tickets, we are asking guests to bring one of the following donations for entry:
🧥 New winter coats (all sizes)
🧦 New undergarments for foster youth (all ages and genders)
📦 Care package items for our deployed troops

​🚨 URGENT CALL FOR CORPORATE SPONSORS:
We have a critical goal: a $2,000 sponsorship will completely fund and secure this entire event.

​When you partner with us, you are doing more than funding a festival. You are investing in a therapeutic establishment dedicated to women's mental health, sexual assault awareness, and MST recovery. Your tax-deductible sponsorship directly funds our mission to provide elite, task-trained service dogs for our veterans and trauma survivors. We specialize in psychiatric assistance (like Deep Pressure Therapy), scent-based medical alerts, and physical/mobility assistance (note: we do not train guide/seeing-eye dogs). Every dog is trained to rigorous ADI and Public Access Test standards to ensure true ADA-compliant support.

​🙌 WE NEED VOLUNTEERS:
We still need helping hands to run activities, manage the trail, and collect these vital donations.

​Let’s rally for our foster kids, our troops, and our veterans.

📩 Send us a direct message today to become our $2,000 hero sponsor, sign up to volunteer, or learn more about attending!

Donate below:👇 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/enchanted-trail-walk-and-community-give-back-festival

​

09/05/2026

🎉 We are so excited to announce that Paws Forward Foundation has a brand-new website! 🎉

​A massive thank you to Hogcloud and Innovagent.AI for making this a reality—we couldn't have done it without your incredible support and hard work! 🙌

​We are still adding some finishing touches and building out our resources, but we just couldn't wait to share it with our amazing community. Click the link below to explore the new page. Be sure to look closely, because you’ll catch Titan, Nova, and Dread being completely adorable and interactive while you browse! 🐾✨

​👉 Check it out here: https://www.pawsforwardnwa.org/

​Thank you all for your continued support as we grow and expand our mission to serve! 💙

Please like, share, and comment to get the word out of our new website! 💕

09/05/2026

This is a fantastic organization that helps domestic abuse survivors. If you can make it out, please stop by 💕

09/05/2026

🐾Titan is practicing being the big bad wolf in disguise 🐺

Do you think he could be? 🤔

09/03/2026

🙏Please share our flyer, comment, we need our flyer to reach people, businesses, and sponsors 🙏🩵💜

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

We asked Titan what he wants to be for Halloween....can you guess what he wants to be? Drop your answer in the comments 💕

09/03/2026

📣 We are thrilled to welcome Tammy Kritz to Paws Forward Foundation ! 🎉

As the Paws Forward Curriculum & Environmental Coordinator, Tammy will serve as the operational backbone for our human education and environmental exposure programs.

Tammy brings a wealth of professional and hands-on experience that will greatly benefit Paws Forward:

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and an Executive Leadership Program certification. For over 20 years, she served as the Director of Training & Development at WEA Trust, a non-profit insurance company, where she specialized in designing and evaluating orientation and development programs, while also serving as a Training Project Manager, Change Management Consultant, and Business Readiness Coordinator.

After becoming disabled in 2010, Tammy began pursuing her lifelong dream of raising and training service dogs. Together with her husband, Greg, she has helped raise and train 15 service and therapy dogs with a 94% success rate. Their training experience spans a wide variety of specialties, including Guide Dogs, Psychiatric/Veteran PTSD Service Dogs, Wheelchair/Mobility Assistance Dogs, Autism Dogs, and Therapy Assistance Dogs.

Tammy also brings valuable governance experience (having previously supported the Board of Directors for a service dog organization) and has spent significant time coaching service dog puppy raisers, as well as guiding pet owners in foundational dog obedience.

On a personal note, Tammy lives in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, with Greg and their English Golden Retriever, Dash. They have a son, Jason, who lives in Wisconsin, and a daughter, Leya, who lives in Colorado. Tammy and Greg welcomed their first grandchild, Ivy, in 2026 and are absolutely loving their new role as grandparents.

Let's welcome her to the Foundatio! 🩵💜