Saturday was "Girls' Day" for myself and my two beautiful daughters. We ventured off for our Volunteer Day with Colorado Service Dogs, Inc. We arrived at 11 am and Sharon put us right to work...after meeting her 1o dogs, of course. The puppies we worked with were Labradoodles (a cross-breed of Labrador and Poodle), so cute and cuddly, fuzzy, but not too much shedding. The puppies played and played, allowing them to get some of their "wiggles" out before official training began. Actually, even playing is part of learning when you're a pup. The girls gave them some of this play time to get used to them, also giving them socialization with children, a needed trait when you're a Service Dog. After getting their wiggles out, we began training. The puppies, now 18 weeks old, were sooooo GOOD and gentle! They were amazing and really impressed my girls and I. Paula, our new disabled friend and her daughter were also there to help train and possibly become the next Colorado Service Dog recipient. The 5 of us "trained" the puppies with common commands and rewarded them with treats and praise. The puppies seemed to enjoy it almost as much as we did. It was a great way to spend the day together, participating and aiding in something so valuable and worthy. It was really special to know our work with the dogs was just a little slice of the big picture that would so immensely help someone like Paula for years to come. Thank you, Sharon, for sharing your puppies with us. We had a blast!
Julie, Jessica and Janae
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