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Activities - Fun, Games and Education

Our activities involve many aspects of using a service dog to mitigate a disability. Of course, the primary reason is to enhance one's sense of independence. That involves educating the public and the continued process of training our dogs.

The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound jumps at every opportunity available to educate the public. That includes visits to local Fire Departments, representing the club at public events, visiting the airport and familiarizing our dogs with an airplane while at the same time familiarizing the flight attendants with our service dogs. Educational games are always held at our summer picnics and at some of our meetings to perpetuate the training of our dogs.

Public events offer us the opportunity to share with one another new types of gear, some purchased and some made, newly found treats for training, some purchased and some homemade. Our fundraising activities present us with the chance to not only meet the public, but to also create items to sell, gifts to wrap and many other activities.


Anne and Scout make the turn

Mocha Wins!

Sharyna encourages Sammy to take it
Little Bear gives it to Rosalyn
Our summer picnic is the time for good food, enjoyable play and educational games for the dogs. Club members also enjoy getting together to take advantage of the area's events and activities such the county fair.
Daisy Mae leads Wayne on the turn
Jazz becoming accustomed to Fireman's gear
Renee steps over Jazz

Sam works on retrieval

Education is a non-stop process, whether we are enhancing our dogs' awareness of others or taking every opportunity to help our dogs become more comfortable with listening to us or perfecting tasks that are performed.
Dr. Bob Ries explains canine structure

Cecily helps a boxer become used to being handled

Jeanne talks about legal definitions, rights and responsibilities
Coming together during our summer conferences enables us to have the opportunity to learn more about our dogs so that we can deal more effectively with health issues and legal responsibilities & requirements.
Dr. Bob Ries explains how structure can affect function

Display of emergency preparedness gear

Wayne takes the time to enjoy the 2008 conference

Pam enjoys an open discussion
Sue Meinzinger talks about training assistance dogs
Conferences enable us to familiarize ourselves with information relating to gear, emergency preparedness, bereavement and being informed as to what we need when we look for an assistance dog.

    

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