Power Paws Assistance Dogs

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Power Paws Assistance Dogs

Power Paws Assistance Dogs

Our mission at Power Paws Assistance Dogs is to provide highly skilled assistance dogs to adults and children with disabilities, to provide education and continuing support for working assistance dog teams and to be a resource in the community for people with disabilities.

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''Empowering People
For Independence''

P.O. Box 1163
Scottsdale, AZ 85252
www.azpowerpaws.org
Power Paws Assistance Dogs
Phone: 480-945-0754
Fax: 480-945-0525
Email: meg@azpowerpaws.org

Puppy Raisers Needed!

YOUR ROLE AS A PUPPY RAISER:

As a Puppy Raiser you will play an essential part in making sure your puppy receives the proper socialization and training needed to help adjust to the important job it will be doing later on in life.

It will be your responsibility to socialize the puppy as much as you can. Take the puppy everywhere. Expose it to as many different situations as possible (construction sites, heavy traffic areas, animals, children). A well socialized puppy will have fewer adjustments to make when it comes in for final training.

It will be your responsibility, in conjunction with our trainer, to teach the puppy 90 commands from basic obedience, to turning off and on lights or opening and closing doors. It will be your responsibility to take your puppy through our basic obedience class and to attend three meetings per month. During these meetings, we go to different locations to expose the puppies to as many situations as possible.

The puppy returns to Power Paws for final training between fourteen and twenty four months of age. When the puppy graduates, you will be able to turn over the leash to the new owner during the graduation ceremony.

From turn-in to graduation there is no visiting allowed due to the need to establish a bond between the recipient and the puppy. You may call to see how the puppy is doing while in training. The ultimate reward for the Puppy Raisers is to meet the recipient of the dog they raised at the graduation ceremony, and witness the life they have helped to change.