Exciting News and New Adventures

Happy Saturday  Friends

  There is some exciting news in my part of the world and I’ve enlisted a mystery guest to help me tell you all about it,  Just about 3 years ago my  new partner (Laura) showed up at Susquehanna Service Dogs for her Initial interview,   She doesn’t know my name yet but my friends at SSD told me all about her. She was super nervous and a little bit sad because she missed her dog Nikki who had just passed.  Getting matched with one of us is a long process so she knew she needed to apply as soon as possible. At first it’s a lot of forms. The people here at SSD need to make sure that the right person gets matched with the right dog so, she filled out lots of questionnaires.  Some of her friends and family filled out forms too. All to make sure she could provide me a great home. . Then there was that initial interview where they asked her lots of questions about her life and personality. They also talked about all the ways a dog like me could help make her life better.  Then the wait began. I wasn’t even born yet. In that time Laura got a college degree and is now looking for a job but she thought about what being matched would be like almost every day. Then in September an email came inviting her to come meet some of us here who were waiting for our match. Again there were lots of questions about things she would like for me to help her with.  There were also lots of questions about what my life will be like when I live with her. They asked her about where I would sleep ( I know that sometimes I might get to sleep in her bed with her) and made sure I will have places to play when I’m not working. I was also told there’s a big park near her apartment where lots of dogs play. I can’t wait for that. Then we got to meet!! Now like I said she doesn’t know which of us she matched with yet because she met 4 of us that day. We are very lucky that we met on her first visit. All she knows right now is that I am a boy.  But that’s because she only met boys on her visit. I am learning all the special things I need to learn to be her partner right now. She is getting ready to bring me home. We are both very excited and can’t wait until we meet officially and that’s where you all could really help us out. It takes a lot of money to bring a specially trained dog like me home. We need to raise $ 8000 . Service dogs like me cost around $20,000 dollars to train Laura’s part of that is $5000 .   She also needs to be able to get back and forth to two and a half weeks of training or stay in the area which will require a hotel and transportation to and from training events Her disability prevents her from driving so we’ll have to do whatever will work best to make sure we don’t miss anything we need to know. We’d both be so grateful for any help you give. Even just sharing our story with people you know, to help us get the word out.

We are leaving the links for Susquehanna Service Dogs website. So you can all learn about the amazing place where I’m getting all my training. Susquehanna Service Dogs also has a facebook page with lots of great puppy pictures. If you have facebook check it out! https://www.gofundme.com/help-us-start-out-on-the-right-paw And the Link to our gofundme in case you want to help us out by donating to our fund or spreading the word.Susquehanna Service Dogs. Help us Start out on the Right Paw

Thanks so much for helping us start out our journey on the right paw. We can’t want to share the next adventure
PS. This amazingly cute picture is not me but it shows one of my buddies in  training practicing service dog skills.
** All pictures used with permission of Susquehanna Service Dogs