So Many Transitions!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Is the sound of this term!!!!!

Between the loss of the last members of our founding class

Soon there will be no one left who remembers this handsome face!

And the placement of SIX FREAKING DOGS

Count 'em- Carver, Ariel, Nala, Piper, Flynn, and Elsa

This term is BUSY and STRESSFUL for us Viking Pups handlers! (Though you wouldn't be able to tell looking at our pups- they act like this year has been a breeze!)

On top of working to make sure all our five transitioning facility dogs and our one special service dog (We love you Carver!) are in tip top perfect shape for placement, we've also brought in four new recruits!










 Introducing Crutch!

Oliver!

Bizou!

and Socrates!!!

Bizou is our newest facility baby in training, and boy is she proving to be one spunky pup! She's already mastered a TON of her baby basics (sit, down, and her name of course!) and some of her more advanced tasks are well under way!

Crutch, Oliver and Socrates are all brand new service puppies in training! They're already doing so well in their new homes and we AND their clients are thrilled to see them growing and learning so fast! We're so happy to bring German Shepherds back into the family and we send out a big thank you to Team Huerta Hof for letting us train such amazing babies!

We hope you guys follow us through the next couple of months while we send off so many of our amazing babies, placement is a tough but amazing time for our dogs and we're thrilled to see a whole class of facility dogs go out to touch hundreds of lives and one service dog possibly save one very special life. 

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The Quad Cities Canine Assistant Network is the non-profit organization that makes our program possible. As sister organizations, QCCAN is an integral part of the Viking Pups mission, helping us with training, putting us in contact with clients, and most importantly, training service dogs and reaching more people who need the dogs to live better lives.

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Year of the Dogs

The 2014-2015 school year has gone to the dogs- literally!!! Hopefully everyone has been keeping up with our Facebook page. If not, here's a run down of what you missed!

        We started of the year strong with everyone's favorites: Carver, Nora, Ariel, Elsa, and Nala!!!

                              If you couldn't tell the beauties apart, from right to left is Elsa, Nala, and Ariel!!


Within the first weeks of school, we acquired two new facility puppies.


                     The first is Flynn. He is an irresistably huggable, fun loving golden pup!

                                                           
                                                       

Flynn has proven himself super smart and sweet, and loves kids- perfect for a job at a school!

Here is is in December!

                            

Piper came second, but only in order! She is super sassy and spunky little pup, always wanting to learn and happy to work!

              
                                   

                         Then in the fall Viking Pups got another service dog puppy!!!


                                                         ............drum roll please..............

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                                      Hercules!!!!!!! He will be a mighty helper to his client.

           

Here's the little monster now!

Flynn and Piper will be facility dogs when they are placed next year. Hercules will be a cross trained service dog for a little girl with Down's Syndrome. We expect great things from them, so should you!!!


Stay tuned for the next blog...... we may hear more pitter patter of puppy feet. Remember, when there is a puppy involved, silence is very suspicious...