New photos for flickr.com

While sorting through all the photographs that we have taken of the puppies raised by Perfect Partners to look for images to use for publicity purposes we came across a selection of photographs of the other puppies that we thought people might like to see. We have uploaded them to our flickr.com account so everyone can see them.

Dogley is a Labrador cross Golden retriever and was selected and trained for a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Auckland. He was trained by a puppy raiser family and then placed in the family home with ongoing training. He was placed in late 2007, and is now two years old. While he is no longer with Perfect Partners, we have put up some of his puppy raising pictures to show his part in the history of the Trust.

Dogley relaxing at his family home

Theo is a Golden retriever who came from Arangold in Christchurch, and is another example of the lovely dogs that come from Margaret. Theo was paired with a women with seizures and had already begun alerting prior to her seizures, providing a 5-10 minute warning of seizures. Sadly for all of us Theo died due to complications from a medical procedure not long after his first birthday. There are lots of photographs of Theo during his training, and at play - particularly with his canine friends.

Theo bundled up in his baby blanket shortly after his arrival in Auckland

We hope that you enjoy the photographs of where we are at, and where we have been.

There's no place like home

The past few weeks have been busy times for Toby, his family, and his puppy raisers as training has moved towards placing Toby with his family.

For the past week Toby has been settling in with his family and learning the ropes of his new home. He is completely at home with his new family and the transition has been smooth with only a few teething problems. His family absolutely adores him, and he is proving to be everything that they hoped he would be.

Training and hands on support for the family will continue for several more months, but for now the important thing is that Toby bonds with his family and settles into his environment - something that he is doing with flying colours.

Toby is a real credit to his breeder who selected a wonderful puppy for the family. His puppy raisers built on this foundation with training and socialisation that has made him a happy, affectionate, and charming young dog. We look forward to working with Margaret in the future to train more Arangld dogs to become valuable companions and assistants for children and adults with special needs and their families.