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Puppy volunteers needed!

Volunteers are needed to help raise Assistance Dogs Australia’s new eight-week-old puppies!

This week the world celebrated International Puppy Day, and while we were basking in the glow of gorgeous little pups (including Glam Adelaide’s new puppy Olive), Assistance Dogs Australia took this auspicious occasion to call out for volunteers to help raise their new eight-week-old puppies!  

As a not-for-profit with no government funding Assistance Dogs Australia relies on volunteers (AKA Puppy Educators) to help them raise their new pups until they are ready to undertake their official training when they are over a year old.  

No ordinary pups, these clever canines have heroic futures ahead of them supporting our most vulnerable, from people with physical disabilities and children living with autism to those suffering from PTSD.  

Do you have what it takes to be a Puppy Educator? Here are the key criteria for raising these heroic pups:  

  • Be available for puppy classes and home visits. 
  • Have regular access to a car to transport your puppy. 
  • Allow the puppy to live and sleep inside the house. 
  • Have a secure, fenced backyard, or an outdoor area. 
  • Not leave the puppy alone for more than 4 hours a day. 
  • Be patient, enjoy learning and playing games! 
  • A police check is required, the cost will be reimbursed. 
  • Families with children under five years old are ineligible. 

All food and supplements, training equipment, and tick, flea & worming preventatives are covered by Assistance Dogs Australia.

All snuggles are provided by the puppy. 

“Our Puppy Educator volunteers play an instrumental role in helping us train our Assistance Dogs and we need many more,” says Richard Lord, Top Dog at Assistance Dogs Australia. 

“It takes a lot of time, love and patience to take an Assistance Dog through the Puppy Education experience, but there is no greater reward seeing them graduate at the end of their formal training and go on to change a person’s life forever.”  

For more information or to apply to become a Puppy Educator visit: https://www.assistancedogs.org.au/ 

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