THE PUPPY BONANZA CONTINUES

Helping Paws is celebrating it's newest litter.  Cheers delivered 10 beautiful puppies (6 boys and 4 girls) yesterday, March 25th.  Cheers not only had her puppies without any complications, but also was kind enough to give birth during the day and not the wee hours of the night.  

Wow - two big litters of Golden Retrievers this week.  In just five days  Helping Paws has added 21 future service dogs.  Congratulations to Cheers and Faith, their caretaker homes, and Helping Paws.  

Here are a few photos from yesterday of Cheers and her kids.

PUPPY UPDATE

 

Last Friday Cheers and Faith, both Helping Paws breeding dogs, took a trip out to Inver Grove Heights Animal Hospital.  You can tell from the photo above that they are both very pregnant.  It was a week before their due dates and time to take an x-ray to determine how many puppies they were carrying. 

 

Faith's x-ray showed between 10 and 12 puppies and on Monday, March 22 she delivered six girls and five boys.

Faith had a very long day on Monday, but by the end of the day she was able to take a well deserved nap with her 11 adorable puppies.  Hopefully, her caretaker home, Kim, was also able to get in a well deserved nap.

Cheers' puppies are due any day now.  Can you tell from her x-ray how many puppies she is having?

 

 After reviewing the x-ray, Dr. Jim Winsor was able to tell us how many puppies to expect.  Watch the video below if you want to know!

One of the more frequent questions potential foster homes ask us is, "Is it okay if  I already have a dog?"  The answer is yes, many of our foster homes have another dog and in some cases, several other dogs.  These family pets watch as the new puppy is trained and often learn right along them.  One of Helping Paws' foster homes, the Bartels, recently entered a contest Trish Van Pilsum of Fox 9 news had through her blog.  The contest was to win a photo shoot with photographer, Molly Durkin.  To enter the contest you had to write why your dog deserved to get his picture taken.  Lori submitted her family pet, Indy, and said he deserved the photo shoot because he helped her train service dogs.  Indy won, had his photo shoot and was featured on Trish's blog.  His photos are amazing and Indy had his well deserved moment in the spotlight. 

Click here to view Indy's story

March Goodness

 

BIG NEWS!

Helping Paws has been selected as one of

64 nonprofits to participate in

Razoo's March Goodness Tournament.

Razoo is a company dedicated to revolutionizing the online charitable giving space.  They provide a web-based giving marketplace connecting donors and nonprofits and is the platform used by GiveMN.org.  In conjunction with the "March Madness" collegiate basketball tournament, Razoo is launching a March Goodness giving campaign where a select group of nonprofits will compete for grants based on fundraining through the Razoo network.

Sixty-four nonprofits (16 in each of four regions) are participating in the main tournament ("Big Dance") which runs from March 15 through March 30.  This competition is based on the number of unique donations (determined by email address) of $10 or more made through the nonprofit's special March Goodness project page.  The winner of the Big Dance for each region will go on to play in the Final Four, April 2 through April 6.

HELP US GET TO THE FINAL FOUR!

Please make a $10 donation through the Helping Paws March Goodness project page.

Tell your family, friends, co-workers, etc. about the competition and ask them to donate just $10.  Post the link on your facebook page or through Twitter.

Remember, all donations must be made between March 15 and March 30 and must be donated through the Helping Paws March Goodness project page.  With everyone's help we can make the Final Four!