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\nCongratulations to Beth Bartoli, the July
\nVolunteer of the Month! Thank you for helping #DogsChangeLives! Read her story
\nbelow about her volunteer experience.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nGuest post by Beth Bartoli, volunteer with Susquehanna
\nService Dogs<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nI have been an SSD
\nvolunteer since December 2017, when I started raising SSD Felix. She is the
\nfirst dog I have raised, but I plan on continuing to raise dogs for SSD.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nWhen she was
\nalmost two years old, Susquehanna Service Dogs selected Felix as a breeding
\ndog, which also gave us the opportunity to train her as a demonstration dog for
\nSSD. She started classes to become a demonstration (or demo) dog. Felix has
\nbeen a demo dog for almost a year now, and we have done various \u201cmeet and greets\u201d
\nin the community to demonstrate\u00a0what service dogs can do to make a
\ndifference in people\u2019s lives. So far, Felix\u2019s favorite job has been to visit
\npatients at Harrisburg Hospital. She seems to really enjoy visiting with people
\nthere, getting and giving love\u00a0and making people smile.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nFelix just had her
\nfirst litter of puppies (4 males and 3 females) on\u00a0June 17, and she is a
\ngreat mom. They are currently being cared\u00a0for\u00a0at Warrior Canine
\nConnection, and we have been able to visit Felix and the puppies once a week
\nsince we are her breeder caretakers. It has been wonderful to be able to visit
\nwith Felix\u00a0and to watch her puppies grow. It will be exciting to see these
\npuppies grow hopefully\u00a0into service dogs, too. We are hoping to raise one
\nof them when they are 8 weeks old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI got involved
\nwith SSD after reading about how service dogs\u00a0can make such\u00a0a big
\ndifference in people\u2019s lives, and help them become more independent. My family
\nloves dogs, and we felt like raising a service dog would be a great
\nvolunteer\u00a0experience that we could do together. All members of
\nmy\u00a0family have participated in training\u00a0Felix, going out in public
\nwith her, practicing good behavior at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n
It is so\u00a0rewarding to see the dogs being paired with a partner who has
\nspecific needs.\u00a0Hearing the stories from partners about how\u00a0much a
\ndog has changed their lives is amazing,\u00a0and I know that the work put into
\nraising a service dog is worth\u00a0every minute.\u00a0

\n

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