I don't know how many of you know, but I am a puppy raiser with 4Paws for Ability. I help socialize puppies who will become future service dogs. I have worked with four dogs during my time in the Polar Paws program. I have helped raise Babs, Boo, RossCo, and Saber. Babs was my first foster and she was from the Back to the Future litter. Babs went on to become a breeder dog for 4Paws. Boo was my second foster and she was from the Monsters Inc. litter. I was sad to hear when she failed her evaluation, but she is now a fabulous flunkie and is enjoying life as a pet. RossCo was my third foster and he is from the Mascots litter. He is currently still in training on ONU's campus. Saber is my fourth foster and she is from the Video Games litter. She will be going on to advanced training very soon and I will soon have a new puppy to add to my list.
I wanted to share with you all about one of the most exciting things I have personally experienced as a puppy raiser. Babs was able to have her first litter of puppies! She was my first foster and I was very close with her. It was very exciting to be able to hear that she was now a mother and that I had the opportunity to go and visit them all.
She had nine babies overall. There are seven girls and two boys. The girls are named Sofi, Bambi, Peppa, Zatanna, Leela, Pickles, and Magica. The boys are named Jiminy and Muttley. If you can not tell already, they are the Cartoon litter. They are lab retriever mixes and they were born on August 15. They were all well over a pound when Babs had them so, they are very healthy babies. I can not wait to be able to see them grow up. I am hoping to help raise one of them when they get old enough to come out into the college foster program. Here's to hoping!