Looking for a Few Good Women (and Men)!
All of our volunteers are special, but there is one group that is truly central to our mission: our weekend fosters.
Weekend fosters are community members who open their homes every weekend to a PAALS puppy or dog in training. They go through an orientation and then a weekend long training program and commit two Fridays a month to training with their dogs. We also ask our foster families to commit to a once a month outing where they can socialize our dogs out in public where most dogs don't go. These are places like malls, restaurants, stadiums, theaters, etc.
In order to earn the ability to take a PAALS puppy or dog in training out to non-dog places without a trainer they must also be volunteering for a minimum of five months and pass a test with their foster dog.
We have such dedicated volunteers that many of these people and a group of our occasional pupsitters are now attending a once a week foster class that is teaching them about reading dog language and the science behind training.
With five more puppies heading our way by the end of May we are looking for a few good men (and women) to start our next generation of weekend foster warriors. Our next class is Friday through Sunday, May 31st to June 2nd.
If you don't have time to be a full time weekend foster, but would still like to help raise our new puppies, you should consider becoming a pupsitter. Pupsitters backstop the regular weekend fosters by occasionally taking a puppy or dog in training for a weekend when the regular foster is unavailable (travel, illness, etc.). Our next pupsitter class is Friday (May 31st) from 4:30 to 6:00 PM, Saturday (June 1st) from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Sunday (June 2nd) from 1:00 to 6:00 PM.
Please contact us at (803) 788-7063 if you would like to sign up for either of these classes...and feel free to bring a pack of friends!!!!
Yours in Service,
Jen Rogers