The
Casa Bonita outing from April 20th is the newest page on the HPWT
Website! Remember how fun it was? Click
HERE!
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HPWT ALUMNI NEWS!
Read a story about Ludden, raised by Carmen Moyer, on GDB's Blog here.
Read about Mars's first official therapy dog visit here.
Read how Lizz Landert
& Marnie are making a difference to patients at Littleton Hospital here.
Read a touching tribute by Barb Witcher, about her
graduate, Delroy and
his partner Judy here.
Read how Chanel, raised by Janet & Chris Ford,
is changing lives in
her new role as a psychological therapy dog in a high school here.
Read a story by Kathy about how diabetic alert dog,
Odetta (raised Casey Horgan) is changing a life for the better! click here.
Read how Shakespeare, raised by Amanda
Ingram & Steve Struck, has made an unusual friend in his blind
partner's home! Click here
to veiw the story on Guide Dog's blog.
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Congratulations!
To Trevor Kalkus, recepient of one GDB's College scholarships for the
2010-2011 school year!
Trevor sends his puppy, Jude, on the June truck
for harness training, and will be attending Stanford in the fall.
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PUPPY
KISSES to Steve Struck who arranged
for a generous grant from his
company,
CH2M Hill to Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Thank you, CH2M Hill
for your generosity,
and Steve for your efforts to put this in place! |
HPWT
SCHEDULE
Puppies 20 weeks & younger meet every week Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.,
usually at the County Extension Office. Contact Lizz if you
have questions about the schedule or which social outings are
appropriate for your puppy.
July 20th - 7:00 p.m. Meet in the
parking lot of the
Littleton Historic Museum
(Ketring Park). It is on Gallup Street, 1 block east of the 4-H
building and about 2 blocks south.We are going geo-caching. For anyone that has
never been it is kind of like a treasure hunt. Bring a GPS unit if you
have one (not necessary) and come prepared to
walk about a mile. We will cover a variety of terrain, mostly level
with stops to look for caches. There will be plenty of distractions for
the puppies. All are welcome. Big dogs, little dogs, cc dogs, pet dogs,
no dogs...
July 21th-25th -
Arapahoe County Fair - HPWT's 4-H youths' projects will be exhibited
& judged. Why not have an outing to the fair & support our
youth? Details are here.
July 27th -
7:00 p.m. Training & Business meeting at the County Extension
Office. Monthy
Puppy Reports Due.
Aug 7th - Doggie
Tales - see details at right
August 10th -
7:00 p.m.Training meeting at the County Extension Office
August 14th & 15th
- Highlands Ranch Scottish Festival. Please sign up w/Carmen to run an
information booth for a 4-hour shift in exchange for free passes to the
event. Click here for details.
Aug 17th - Please
attend Doggie Tales (7th or 28th) or the Scottish Festival (14th &
15th) as your social outing this month.
August 24th -
7:00 p.m. Training and Business meeting at the County Extension Office.
Monthy
Puppy Reports Due.
Aug 28th - Doggie
Tales - see details at right.
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PICTURE
OF THE WEEK
Arapahoe County Fair
HPWT's 4-H'ers did a fabulous job on their County Fair Projects this
year!
Congratulations to Grant, the Grand Champion winner, and all our youth
for
their spectacular showing. View all the projects & ribbons here.
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Make
your
puppy
a
star!
Email a photo of
your
puppy doing something seasonal or cute to webmistress@hpwtdogmom.org
and watch this space for more great photos!
Click here
to view past pictures of the week. |
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 DOGGIE TALES
Four
dogs & handlers are needed from
2:00-4:00 p.m. on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
Contact Miranda Loughry if you can help.
Click here
for more details.
View a slide show of the August 2009 Doggie Tales with Tudor, Ludden,
Jasper and Chloe at the Eloise May Library here.
See Pictures
of McCloud, Princeton,
Orianna, & Gypsy at Doggie Tales on January 10th, 2009 at this link.
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