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

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!

Welcome Partner!!

This morning I drove down to San Rafael to welcome my 5th Guide Dog puppy, Partner!!

He was born March 9th, which makes him 11 weeks old. He weighs 18lbs and is a little fluff-ball! He has a white spot on his head and white splotches on one of his back feet and the chubbiest tummy!!

Turns out, he is actually from both Guiding Eyes for the Blind (GEB) and Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind (GDF)! His father is GEB's Onslo and his mother is GDF's Sue.

Cuteness overload!!

Partner

Because everybody loves a puppy butt ;)

"What's that?"

So far (A few hours lol) He has been super good! He slept the whole way home and has pottied every time I have asked him to! 

I can't wait to spend a year with this little guy!!

Introductions: Teddy

Teddy is a 6 year old Pomeranian

His Favorite trick is "wave"

He has what we call "Little Dog Syndrom" and likes to assert his superiority over the other dogs by hogging everything:

(Yes, he actually did carry this around)

He has imaginary friends that he likes to growl at but we still love him :)

He takes his job as co-raiser VERY seriously. He bosses the puppies around and if he thinks they are doing something wrong he will try to stop them.

Introductions: Duke

I recently realized that I haven't introduced people on blogger to the rest of my (animal) family! So from now on, every Monday, I will introduce you to one of the fabulous animals that lives here and helps me raise these crazy puppies.

I am going to start with Duke:

Duke is a 10 year old red labrador. 

His favorite trick is "Bang":

He likes to go camping:

A few years ago he grew a rather large wart (We tell him that it adds to his character (; )

He does NOT think of himself as a co-raiser.

He is a very gentle dog and prefers to stay out of reach from the baby dogs. 

He knows that his job is to be the king of the couch