Wordless Wednesday

Partner...

Come!

Good Boy

Wordless Wednesday:

 Smile :)

Quick Group Update

I would like to very quickly introduce 4 of our group's newest members.

Welcome to:

Britt-

Britt is being started by a fellow college student.  Britt is her 3rd puppy! When her raiser's summer is over, she will be finished by her raiser's parents.

Laurel-

Laurel was presented at GDB's San Rafael Fun Day! She is her raiser's first puppy!

Portola-

Portola is her raiser's 3rd puppy! Her raiser's 2 previous pups were full of energy but Portola is just the pokiest little thing! Quite the difference!

Taos-

Taos (Pronounce Taus) is his raiser's first puppy. He is enormous- weighing in at 25lbs at 10 weeks! 

It is always exciting when our group receives new members! We are like a big family and I wouldn't have nearly as much fun without them.

Good luck to all of the new puppies and their raisers

Ventana and Ruby Graduate!

Today, two of our group's puppies graduated as working guides at Guide Dogs' San Rafael campus!

Ventana and Ruby are both now official guides and will both be staying in California.

Graduates lined up

Ventana's head in the front right corner

It was a great day for a graduation- not too hot which is always nice.  Unfortunately, GDB is redoing their dorms and graduation stage so this graduation was set up in a relatively tight area.  It was very hard to see and I was unable to get any pictures during the actual ceremony (Except a few of Partner).

Handsome Partner

After the ceremony, it was totally chaotic with so many people in such a tight space so I was only able to catch one quick (and not very good) picture of Ventana. 

Ventana in her GDB harness

I couldn't even find Ruby!

But Partner did get some pets and loves in by a whole bunch of people. It always surprises me how calm he is when people greet him.

A group of people surrounding Partner 

Rough Pets

Good luck in your new homes girls! And congratulations to your new handlers!

Top 2 pictures borrowed from Stanislaus County puppy raisers :)

Pool Party!

Yesterday, our group had our annual pool party/ice cream social! 

I took like a million pictures

Partner after getting in to pool!

Ashland

Ashland

Fiddler wants to get back in!

Loomis was afraid of the water

Lipton 

CC'd Shawnee

Wes

Liton

Party!

Wes

Shawnee on the diving board

Wes

Fiddler in the pool

Spruce

Retired Guide Ricardo

CC'd Douglas

Loomis

Ashland

Ashland

Future raisers with Lipton!

Sisters

Can you tell?

Carrie

Cameo

Wordless Wednesday

Partner and I are back from the beach! We have internet again! Yay!

Wordless Wednesday: Bending the Rules...

I don't know how many other puppy raisers do this- I probably shouldn't be mentioning it on this blog haha- but every year, just before we turn in our puppies, we let them bend a rule or two just once. 

I thought it would be fun to share some photos of the rule Carrie got to bend! She got to have her first ever edible toy! Guide Dog puppies aren't supposed to have edible toys due to the fact that they can be dangerous and Guide Dogs pays for all the vet bills! So for Carrie's toy, we chose an Antler chew as they are less likely to splinter or chip- they are ground down slowly, and they contain beneficial ingredients such as calcium.  She was 100% supervised during her chew time and it was picked up when that time was over.

And oh goodness was she a happy girl! 

Here are about a million pictures of how happy she was: ;)  (To get the full effect, click on them to make them larger and scroll through that way!)