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Puppy Hugging

Lucky for us, K1 has an insane amount of service hours she has to complete for school. How is that lucky? Well, because we get to go with her and do fun stuff.  Like puppy hugging!   Theses puppies are about 8 weeks old and boy do they have a lot of energy!   And they just love to play. Or get lots of hugs. How can you resist? These puppies are getting socialized by volunteers at the Southeastern Guide Dogs campus in Palmetto, Florida. Puppy hugging is so popular, that starting in May, you have to make a reservation. This is for the puppies (to not get overwhelmed) and for the volunteers (to have enough puppy to go around). The puppies will remain here until they are 9-11 weeks old and then they will go to a foster family. After getting our cuteness overload, we walked over to another building to walk the slightly older dogs.  These dogs have been with a foster family for the past year and are now back on campus for training before goi...