Creating ripples of impact for veterans, families, and communities
Why Partner With Us?
Life-changing impact
Partnerships help strengthen mental health, reduce isolation, and build resilience within our veteran and local communities.
Shared Values
Align your organization with a mission rooted in service, compassion, and meaningful outcomes.
Community Strength
Your support helps fund training, equipment, veterinary care, and ongoing mentorship—all provided to veterans at no cost.
Sponsorship Levels
$5,000+ Mission Ally
Provides essential support for foundational training, equipment, and early-stage resources for veteran-canine teams.
$10,000+ eMPOWERMENT Ally
Expands access to advanced training, wellness care, and sustained team support.
$25,000+ tRANSFORMATIONAL Ally
Sustains program continuity, supports multiple veteran-canine teams, and enables specialized initiatives that deepen long-term impact.
cOLLABORATIVE pARTNERSHIPS
Flexible long-term partnerships that may include financial support in-kind contributions, and shared promotion or outreach efforts – tailored to align with mutual goals and community impact.
How Your Support Creates Impact
Your contribution directly strengthens the veterans we serve and the service dog teams we build. Support from Mission Allies makes possible:
Training Hours
Funding for individualized training sessions, group classes, and skill development that helps veterans and their service dogs thrive.
Essential Equipment
Vests, training gear, safety equipment, grooming tools, and enrichment resources used throughout the program.
Veterinary Wellness
Routine care and preventive health services that keep service dogs healthy and working at their best.
Team Support & Follow-Up
Staff guidance, mentor check-ins, progress evaluations, and ongoing support that continues long after initial training.
Community Education & Outreach
Expanding awareness of service dogs, veteran mental health needs, and the life-changing outcomes of our program.
Cost to Train a Veteran-Service Dog Team
Training a veteran-service dog team is a 24 month investment in safety, independence, and long-term well-being. Each team receives comprehensive, personalized support from the day they enter the program until well after they graduate.
Total Program Cost per Team: $30,000 – $35,000 over 18-24 months.
All services are provided at no cost to the veteran.
Every partnership creates a ripple of healing that expands across Montana – reaching veterans, families, and communities.
Your Ripple Makes a Difference
From their first training session to the lifelong bond they build with their service dog, every veteran’s journey is made possible by people like you. Mission Allies ensure veterans receive the support they deserve – and that their families and communities feel the ripple of that impact.
Join us. Together we can change lives, one ripple at a time.
Dog Chow® Service Dog Salute™
Since 2018, the Dog Chow Service Dog Salute Program has been committed to expanding access to PTSD service dogs for Veterans with demonstrated need. Through generous financial contributions, legislative advocacy, research support, and national awareness efforts, the program works to remove barriers and increase access to life-changing service dogs.
Dog Tag Buddies is honored to be one of just six outstanding organizations nationwide selected to partner with Purina Dog Chow through the Service Dog Salute Program. Together, we are advancing a shared mission: ensuring more Veterans receive the highly trained service dogs they deserve.
Willie’s Distillery
You can have two best friends.Willie’s Distillery, a Montana-based, Veteran-owned company, proudly supports Dog Tag Buddies through sales of CattleDog Whisky. Inspired by the instinctual herder known for loyalty, grit, and heart, CattleDog honors the steadfast spirit of a true working companion.
Bold, resilient, and built for the frontier, this Canadian whisky embodies the same tenacity and devotion we value in both service dogs and the Veterans they serve. With every bottle purchased, you’re not just raising a glass — you’re supporting life-changing service dogs for Veterans.
