A North Shore dog walking company aims to help others in need this holiday season, and you can help.
Sweet Paws Dog Walkers, a North Vancouver based business, works closely with dogs every day.
They know the power of a great human-dog relationship and how strong those bonds can be.
Because of this, the company is a strong supporter of the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS), a registered charity that helps those facing disabilities by breeding, raising, training and placing life changing assistance dogs.
PADS supports successfully matched teams of client and assistance dog throughout the dog's working lives.
Among the many volunteers the organization needs to run, PADS requires puppy raisers to look after the dogs in their first year. These volunteers work with the puppies seven days a week before they are put into an advanced program to make them into fully functioning service dogs.
Sweet Paws' campaign "Paws for PADS" is a challenge to everyone on the North Shore, their customers, friends and colleagues to give to PADS, with the goal of raising $3,500 so that Sweet Paws can name a puppy and care for the puppy's first year, and get it on its way to community placement.
Sweet Paws has selected the name Baden for their future sponsored puppy, to honour their clients and North Shore surroundings and frequent hiking spot, the Baden Powell trail.
To donate:
1. Go to www.pads.ca. See PAWS for PADS on the home page and donate online.
2. Mail a cheque to PADS: 9048 Stormont Ave, Burnaby, BC, V3N 4G6 (note PAWS for PADS in the subject line).
