Feb 11:  Service Dogs!

Feb 11 This morning, we had the opportunity to hear from Laraine Warren and Janet Marissen about raising service dogs. They were accompanied by Ivan, a standard poodle, and Nigel, a black Labrador retriever. If they are successful as puppies, they will leave their temporary masters and be trained for particular services in Oakville. These include programmes for vision, hearing, autism mobility and diabetic alert. In Oakville, they are trained for their future purposes and learn how to do amazing things for their future masters. Although it takes about $30,000 to train these animals, they are then offered to those in need free of charge. Thanks goes to people such as Laraine and Janet for raising puppies that will probably not stay with them.