Graduates 2004

Galaxy

Galaxy's human mom is Maggie Scott. Her doggie mom is Guppy. Maggie Scott raised guide dog breeder Guppy and now she is raising this cute little pup from the first litter.

Saying goodbye is never easy. Galaxy is ready for guide dog college. Galaxy graduated January 2004 and is now living in Van Nuys, CA.

Dayton

Ah, Dayton at his best. 'Just' seventeen pounds at eight weeks old, this young pup is being raised by the consortium of Warren & Claudia Wish and Bob & Judy Lucas. This means that he will be going to Eagle Valley Middle School with Warren, Washoe High School with Claudia, the Nevada Supreme Court with Judy and the State Farm Insurance office with Bob. What a life!

New partners Joshua Loya and guide dog Dayton are standing in line waiting to have their graduation pictures taken. Raisers Bob & Judy Lucas and Warren & Claudia Wish enjoyed visiting with Joshua.

Joshua is a student of music and computers. Together, Dayton and Josh will be doing lots of travel.

Wesley

Life at Carson-Tahoe Hospital has not been the same since the golden boys 'Wesley' and 'Willard' (on the left and lighter) came to work. Even the CEO (some guy named Ed Epperson) knows when he has been upstaged. Raised by long time guide dog raiser and leader Becky Friend, Wesley is a very happy and confident bundle of fur.

Those who got to know Wesley knew he was going to grow-up to be a magnificent guide dog. On June 19, 2004, raiser Becky Friend met Wesley's new partner, Priscilla Patterson for the graduation ceremony. Wesley and Priscilla are on their way back to her home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Willard

'Willard' (on the right and darker) will be going to work at the Carson-Tahoe Hospital with his raiser Nona Toledo. Nona has a standing policy on the job: Who ever wakes up Willard must grab a clean-up bag and take him out. Temporarily, this has cut down on the parade of people coming around Nona's desk to say hello to the cutest puppy you ever saw.

June 19, 2004 was a big day for raiser Nona Toledo and her graduating guide dog Willard. Willard will be the partner to Morgan Watkins and together they will live in Austin, Texas. Morgan does quite a bit of traveling, so together with his big boy 'Will' Morgan will be on the red dog express.

Debra

Donna and Ben Thomas are celebrating the Christmas 2002 season with their newest guide dog puppy Debra.