2025 Service Dog Hero of the Year

We need your vote! 

The top 5 nominees for the 2025 Service Dog Hero of the Year award include: Scroll to the bottom for their stories! 

• Achiles
• Frank
• Rocky
• Sammy
• Thor

How it works:
Select your nominee after selecting your donation value.

• $1.00 donation = 2 votes
• $5.00 donation = 15 votes
• $10.00 donation = 40 votes
• $25.00 donation = 100 votes
• $50.00 donation = 250 votes
• $75.00 donation = 400 votes
• $100.00 donation = 600 votes

Service Dogs Saving Lives:
Each year, Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs invites our Recipients to enter their dog in our Service Dog Hero of the Year Award. This award recognizes a Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog who goes above and beyond the call of their training and display extraordinary efforts to avoid a tragedy. Although there are many incredible entries, nominees are chosen by a panel of experts at Guardian Angels, who determine which service dog clearly used thinking skills above their extensive training. 

Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Annual Service Dog Hero of the Year award is down to the final two candidates. Guardian Angels is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that exists to rescue, raise, train and donate medical service dogs to veterans, first responders and individuals with both visible and invisible disabilities.