Telephone Pioneers Egg Hunt 

 

Every year the Qwest Telephone Pioneers host

an Easter Egg Hunt and Party for visually impaired

children and their sibilings.  With special electronics

embedded in the eggs (making various sounds)

even those with vision difficulities can enjoy the day. 

Puppy Raisers attend to introduce the dogs to families

and socialize the puppies.

 

 

 

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Graduation at Boring

Graduation at the Guides Dogs

For The Blind Oregon Campus

is always an event worth attending. 

The site, just east of Boring, is home

to returned dogs, ready for their harness

traing and a wonderful and dedicated staff.  

People who qualify for dogs come for sessions

ranging from two weeks to a month and stay on

campus.  Graduation is where the puppy raisers

and the graduates first meet and the day is filled

with testimonials and the graduation ceremony. 

 

Bring tissue for the tears of joy and leave a changed person.

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 June 14, 2007 Puppy Truck

 

 

The Puppy Truck pulls into Tacoma

on a regular basis bringing new puppies

for raisers and picking up dogs to return

for harness training at the Boring, Oregon,

campus. 

 

What better opportunity for photographs

than puppies, people and sunshine?

 

 

 

 

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Vashon Festival Parade 

 

Each year since 1898, Vashon Island has celebrated its

heritage with a strawberry festival.  Guide Dog Puppy

Raisers use the event to socialize their puppies and to

share the festival atmosphere with raisers from other

clubs in the territory.  The parade always provides an

excellent opportunity to show off the puppies and answer

questions for possible future raisers.

 

 

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King County Fair

 

 

 

King County 4-H members proudly exhibited

their dogs at the County Fair for two days. The Fair

gives Guide Dogs Puppy Raisers an excellent

opportunity to explain the program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fun Day on the Oregon Campus

 

 

Fun Day happens every August on both the

Oregon and the California Campus. 

Fun Day always provides a wonderful opportunity

for littermate pictures and to exchange ideas

between clubs and leaders.  This year retiring

Guide Dogs for the Blind CEO Bob Phillips

received an engraved black granite plaque

from Territory One Puppy Raisers to thank him

for his service to the organization.

 

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 Washington State Fair

 

The Annual Washington State Fair takes place each

year during September at the fairgrounds in Puyallup. 

This year the Guide Dog Puppy Raisers were well

represented by the youth raisers enrolled in the

4-H program.  The fair-going public likes to watch

the dogs work in the various classes and visiting

with puppies and raisers during their time on the bench.

  

 

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Graduation October 2007

 

 

Graduation at the Boring, Oregon campus

is always a rewarding time.  New guides and their partners

are getting ready to return to their homes and puppy raisers

get to meet the graduates.  Campus tours introduce the

public to the Oregon program and puppy raisers get a

chance to visit with the dogs' new partners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dallas and Heidi's Harvest Fair Pictures

 

Dallas and Heidi sent along these pictures

from Harvest Fair 2007.  In spite of the rainy

and gloomy weather, it was a great outing

for leaders, raisers and pups.  Enjoy this

slide show and check the top of the page

for instructions about how to download any

of this site's pictures for your own printing. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Eyes of The Future 4-H Goes to Harvest Fair 

 

Eyes of the Future 4-H Members and

adult raisers made the trip to Harvest

Fair 2007 with a few scenic stops along

the way.  Click on the picture or the

headline to join them on their journey. 

You can download these pictures for

your own use to print or forward to

friends and relatives.  The instructions

are in a link at the top of this page.

 

 

 

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Graduation of Class 142 November 17, 2007

 

 

 

Class number 142 graduated on November 17th, 2007

at the Guide Dogs For The Blind campus near Boring, Oregon.

Twelve graduates met with the puppy raisers before the

graduation and then enjoyed a full auditorium to help

celebrate the achievement.  A record downpour outside

the building couldn't dampen the celebration inside and

the graduates and audience enjoyed andecdotes and 

accolades throughout the afternoon. 

 

 

 

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Twenty  Pups Come for Christmas

 

 

 

What could be more fun than 20 new 

puppies for the holidays?  The November

29th Puppy Truck visit to Tacoma

brought laughs, love and pups together

to kick off the holiday season.  At least

three clubs welcomed three new

puppies each into their raising family. 

Starter pups were placed to get ready

for transfers early in 2008.

 

 

 

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 Leader Christmas Party and Gift Exchange

 

 

The annual leader Christmas Party

and gift exchange is always fun. 

White Elephant gifts provide entertainment

for the evening.  This year's event was only

slightly marred by the absence of the

notorious Vashon Island Garden Gnomes.

They were unable to attend because of

a flood releated incident, but will make a

surprise appearance at a Guide Dog Puppy

Raiser event in the near future.

 

 

 

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