Guide Dogs for the Blind-Sequim, WA Puppy Raisers

The puppies and humans had a grand time at Camp David Jr on Lake Crescent these pst few days. Five pups and handlers spent two nights in the Beach Cabin. On the second day the rest of the club came out for the day to play in the lake, have a BBQ and attend the send off for recall pup Vindy. The pups had rides in a kayak, played fetch in the water and had some great tug a war. All was followed by pups crashed out in the cabin. Great food, great conversation, some games and a memorable send off for Vindy, Judy’s first pup to raise.

The kids had a trip to the fire station today Thank you Clallam county fire district 3!

This is Phaedra’s litter

03-04-24 Nettie Nettie x Frodo Litter 11 puppies: 4 yl & 7 bl One month old DOB: 02-05-24One puppy is fostering with Dinara and one puppy is fostering with Bonbon

Our club was treated to a paratransit bus ride and experience last night at our meeting. Thank you Clallam County Transit. You are the best.

Timon had an opportunity to meet a few farm animals yesterday.

A local guide user,Allison, came to one of our presentations with her guide Perry, this morning. The Sequim Soroptimist’s had invited us to talk about Guide Dogs for the Blind. It was nice to share the whole package, puppy raising to working guide. Thanks for joining us Allison

Mattie is officially a breeder! Woohoo! This is so exciting as this is the first breeder for our club. Congratulations to her raiser and all those in our club. It takes a village to raise these pups 💕💕🐾🐾

Greetings, Puppy Central! Breeder photos are now available for Asia (pictured here), Francine, Jada, Jakarta, Kindle, Mattie, Myra and Teapot. You can check them out and see the rest of the breeding colony here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/guidedogsfortheblind/collections/72157632061320918/

Vindy and Samir did Seattle yesterday and did great. A bit cloudy and showers off and on but that didn’t stop us from exploring and walking 4 miles. All of us were tired by the time we boarded the ferry to Bainbridge. We did lots of stairs, traffic, WestLake area, rode the Monorail to Seattle Center, experienced the Seattle Children’s Museum, pike Place Market, ate lunch at Kell’s Pub and the waterfront.

Such a great group of pups and their raisers helped out the Sequim Valley Lions Club during White Cane Days by bringing their pups. Thanks to everyone that took time today, on a cool day, in Sequim

Nice outing yesterday with Vindy and Timon. They rode the bus, played games at the arcade, and visited the pool in Port Angeles

While the older pups were at Vashon the youngsters were back at home having a fun day.

Three of our pups went to Vashon island for the annual fun training day put on by the Vashon puppy raisers. Awesome job to everyone. Thank you Vashon.

Our club went to the annual Sunshine Festival in Sequim. Four puppies attended together and all did really well.

We received our next pup, Weasley, who is a Pippa/Cougar pup. He is a sweetie. He will be co raised by the Tyson’s and Dennis and Kith. He arrived with a littermate Warrick who will be in Seatte

Please join us for an informational meeting about guide dogs and how to get involved with our club here in Sequim, Wa. March 28 at 6:30 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 525 N 5th Ave in Sequim. Look forward to seeing all that are interested.

Become a GDB puppy raising volunteer today! We are looking for raisers to help prepare the next generation of GDB. With clubs throughout the ten western states, our network of raisers, volunteers, and leaders are available to support you through the journey of raising a puppy to become a guide dog, K9 Buddy, or breeder dog for our program.

Learn more today at guidedogs.com/puppy.

In this photo, volunteer raiser Ellen Kirk kneels beside black Lab guide dog puppy Coronet at the beach. Behind them is the sky at sunset and the ocean.

📸: Puppy Raiser, Megan Inman

Welcome our newest pup to the club, Nuala, pronouced Noola. She is starting her time already exploring her new world…..

Two of our club pups returned to Boring campus today, Moon and Adele. Always bittersweet for raisers but they know why they are doing it be it 2nd or 19th pup.

All had a grand time at our holiday party, eating, visiting and playing some fun games.

Our current pups in training.

Moon had a grand time traveling to San Francisco to explore the city. What a great dog!

Part of our club had a great tour at the Museum of Flight today. Past puppy raiser now docent at the museum John Weiss gave us a great tour.

What a perfect day for a puppy beach party. A big thank you to Jeana, a club volunteer for the location and food! Great job. All the pups managed to investigate the water and some did more then dipping their toes in 😂🐾🐾

The pups had a great first outing to Seattle today by visiting the waterfront and Seattle Aquarium. Wow, the biggest distraction was all the small kids, running and screaming! The day was perfect with cool temps. Lunch at Ivar’s and a ferry ride. All will sleep well tonight.

More photos from our TSA outing. Thanks to Marlene for arranging this great outing

Just a few pictures from our great outing to Paine Field airport to experience TSA. More photos to come later.

Adventures of Vindy and Sabrina this week. Vindy had her 12 week vet appointment and did fabulous with lots of love from Dr. Dave at Johnson Creek Veterinary Services. Vindy weighed in at 24 #. I think she will be a big stout girl with those paws to grow into. Sabrina visited some farm animals at the local Shepherd Festival.

Here’s the litter of our newest pup, Vindy. Boy they are all big kids. Would love to know where the rest of the litter is located. Vicki is in Seattle.

04 06 2023 Tara Tara x Flagstaff6 yellow lab puppiesDOB 3/4/20235 weeks old

Sabrina goes to Canada! What a day full of flowers, distractions, lunch and a ferry ride. She did great!

We received a new puppy today…..woohoo😁

Meet Vindy, a yellow lab female. Her littermate, Vicki, also arrived and will be raised in Seattle.

Vindy is a heavy girl at 10 weeks but sure seems sweet.