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Guide Dog Puppy Raising Club

Arapahoe County, Colorado

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Here are the current year's photos submitted by our raisers for "picture of the week" on the schedule & events page. If you would like your puppy photography featured, send it to webmistress@hpwtdogmom.org and your pictures can appear on the web, too! We also feature photos of our returning dogs, graduates, and career change dogs at appropriate times.

2012

	HPWT 4-H'ERS ROCK! (week of 30 April 2012)
	Brooke Cowden Brooke was the first HPWT puppy raiser ever to enter the 4-H Creative Cooks Contest. On February 11, Brooke's entry, "Eloquent Mid-Mornings" was awarded Champion in the Senior Division, and also won the Senior Popularity Division.	Miranda Loughry After observing our puppies interacting with various dog breeds at the April 24th puppy meeting, Miranda created a science fair project entitled "The Silent Language" for her school. The project compared calming signals of GDB puppies in to those of the novel dogs. She was awarded 3rd place for her efforts.
	Kira Kalkus, Nicole Groves & Grant Caswell Arapahoe County 4-H Scholarship Foundation Recipients Kira (far left), Nicole (2nd to right) & Grant (far right) were three of the five seniors awarded 4-H Foundation Scholarships at a breakfast banquet on April 23. The scholarship committee who interviewed them was very impressed with their outstanding qualifications, and made an exception this year--usually only four scholarships are awarded. Grant will attend the Air Force Academy, Nicole is going to Baylor, and Kira will attend Stanford. We'll miss these fine young people as puppy raisers, and wish them all the best in their future careers! Congratulations seniors!

Fire Station Visit

two puppies in
coat sniff the face-mask of a fireman in
turn-out gear

A fireman dons turn-out gear piece by piece so our puppies can experience the sights & sounds of a rescuer in a neutral environment. In a real emergency with their future partners, the dogs will hopefully remember that someone thus dressed is a friend and will accept their presence. Thanks, South Metro Fire & Rescue for your hospitality! (week of 23April 2012)

In March, Lizz & Frank gave educational programs to Miss Lynette's class at Our Father Lutheran Church's Child Learning Center. To say thanks, the kids baked dog cookies for all the club puppies. While the kids only got to meet a few of our pups, all our dogs (and raisers) were excited and pleased to receive the wonderful hand-made treats, each baggie personally signed by one of the kids. What fun! Thanks, Miss Lynette & Kids! You made a lot of tails wag with your thoughtfulness!
OFLC Kids with hand-baked dog cookies

club member with baggies of
dog cookies from kids

Frank & the kids from Miss Lynette's class, HPWT members show off their baggies of cookies. Thanks, kids!
Week of 3 April 2012

My What Big Ears You Have!