Sit! Stay!
Thank you for your interest in volunteering to raise a Guide Dog Puppy!
Dogs With Vision was established in 1996 with Dot Dill becoming its Leader in 1997. In 2004, Bonnie and Jack McPartland became Co-Leaders, contributing their own seven years of puppy raising experience. This combination of experience, perspective, energy, creativity and motivation provides for strong, positive and capable leadership benefiting all Club members.
We are a diverse group of volunteers (adults, teens,
families, students, singles, retirees; 4-H and non-4-H youth) joined by
the common goal of raising puppies to become guide dogs for visually
impaired individuals. We share a love of dogs, a desire to make a
positive difference in our community and in the lives of blind people, a
willingness to be ambassadors for
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. (GDB) and its programs and an interest in
exploring the limitless joys of the special bond between humans and dogs.
As Leaders of the Dogs With Vision Puppy Raising
Club, our goals are to create and cultivate a supportive environment where
each Club member gains from the knowledge and experience of others. We
strive to provide each Club member with the necessary tools and GDB
approved techniques to successfully train puppies. As Club members we
work together to support one another through challenges and join together
in celebrating successes. Just as “it takes a village to raise a child”
it takes an entire community to raise a
Guide
Dog Puppy. We work with
local merchants, schools, employers, veterinarians and neighbors to help
us prepare our pups for successful careers as guide dogs.
Most of all, our goals are for each raiser and Club member to have FUN and make the experience of raising a Guide Dog Puppy a positive one. The dogs, the fellow puppy raisers, all Club members, the blind graduates, the staff from GDB and the people we come to know because of these adorable pups continue to enrich our lives.
Dot Dill
Leader, Dogs With Vision
Bonnie and Jack McPartland
Co-Leaders, Dogs With Vision
Site modified 4 January 2009