[thehoff]

Recently I was pointed to this story about an older man who (for 20 years or so) has been training puppies to be service animals which are donated to those in need of service dogs but can’t afford them.

Part of this training involves taking the puppies to elementary schools for socialization. The kids love seeing the puppies, the dog learns, and the trainer loves what he’s doing.

He spends about a year with the dogs then they are given up. He spends his own money and time raising and training these dogs.

Related: was talking with a neighbor about this story and we both agreed that it would be nice if we saw more of this in papers and local news instead of all the negativity.