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VOLUNTEER BREEDER CARETAKERS CARE FOR OUR BREEDER DOGS AND NURTURE NEWBORN PUPPIES FOR EIGHT WEEKS BEGINNING WHEN THE PUPPIES ARE BORN. VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISERS CARE FOR, SOCIALIZE AND PROVIDE BASIC OBEDIENCE TRAINING FOR OUR GOFIDOG PUPPIES WHILE IN THEIR CARE. EACH PUPPY IS BROUGHT TO OUR FACILITY AND IS PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. EACH HOUR SPENT CARING FOR A GOFIDOG PUPPY IS VITAL TO ITS DEVELOPMENT AS A FUTURE ASSISTANCE DOG. PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS SPEND UP TO 22 MONTHS TEACHING THE DOG TO MASTER TASKS NECESSARY TO ASSIST A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. WE TRAIN OUR SERVICE DOGS TO ASSIST ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY PERFORMING DAILY TASKS, SUCH AS PICKING UP DROPPED ITEMS, OPENING DOORS, AND TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON. WE HAVE BRED OVER 100 DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO OUR PROGRAM. SKILLED COMPANIONS ENHANCE INDEPENDENCE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UNDER THE ASSISTANCE OF A FACILITATOR, TYPICALLY A PARENT OR CAREGIVER WORKING DOGS - WORK WITH A PROFESSIONAL WHO DIRECTLY SERVES CLIENTS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, OR SPECIAL NEEDS IN A VISITATION, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, OR HEALTHCARE SETTING. WE ENGAGE OUR RECIPIENTS FROM THE BEGINNING TO WORK ON DEVELOPING A BOND AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE ATTENDING THE TRAINING. THE MATCHING OF RECIPIENTS AND CANINES TAKES PLACE AS PUPPIES ARE JUST 8 WEEKS OLD. THIS PAIRING PROVIDES OUR RECIPIENTS WITH VITAL COMPANIONSHIP FROM THEIR ASSISTANCE DOG AS WELL AS A TEAM OF MENTORS, TRAINERS, AND A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. TO MEET THE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY OUR TEAM IN OUR MOST RECENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ARE HOPING TO BREAK GROUND FOR A NEW, STATE OF THE ART TRAINING CENTER AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL ALLOW EXPANSION OF OUR BREEDING PROGRAM AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES. THIS WILL BE KEY TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF DOGS AND BEST POSSIBLY TRAINED ANIMALS TO ASSIST HUMANS WITH A DISABILITY. OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE DOG PROGRAM HAS BEEN AN ASTOUNDING SUCCESS WITHIN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO ASSIST THOSE WITH EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY AS THE NUMBER OF CALLS THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY. OUR CRD'S HAVE BROUGHT A KINDER APPROACH TO DEALING WITH SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE THROES OF A PANIC OR AGGRAVATED STATE. UTILIZING OUR DOGS HAS DECREASED THE TIME IT TAKES FOR SOMEONE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR ISSUES AND ACCEPT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE OFFICERS, PREVENTED TRIPS TO THE ED AND BROUGHT COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. WE HAVE PLACED ALMOST 20 DOGS IN THIS ROLE AND EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT STATES UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT IT HAS BEEN THE BEST THING THEIR DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE. IN ORDER FOR US TO PERFORM OUR MISSION WE MUST BREED DOGS OF TOP QUALITY. OUR PUPPIES ARE RAISED SOLELY BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WITH THE PUPPIES CONSTANTLY FOR THE FIRST 2 WEEKS AND THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 6 WEEKS UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO GO TO THEIR NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE. 364561 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 16 true true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 2 2 true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false MA X X PAULINE HOEGLER 5085055282 323 HIGH STREET WALPOLE MA 02081 PAULINE HOEGLER PRESIDENT 40.00 X 101280 0 1013 ERIN DONNELLAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BETH WEISS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE WEISS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTEN LEE TREASURER 2.00 X 0 0 0 101280 1013 1 false false false 17835 166078 183913 DOG RECEIPTS 900099 194379 194379 TRAINING 900099 30643 30643 225022 3354 17835 6944 -3590 405345 194379 30643 165840 74628 16584 74628 105356 99825 5531 21176 13622 1295 6259 11100 11100 6353 6353 7631 7631 61367 51561 9806 4387 3480 155 752 BREEDING FEES 68864 68864 FARM/KENNEL SUPPLIES 24082 24082 SUBCONTRACTORS 8863 8863 SUPPLIES 7602 7602 32683 19636 6373 6674 525304 364561 66899 93844 129913 9954 129913 9954 0 0 X 129913 9954 129913 9954 129913 9954 -119959 X true X false false X 117109 192899 133589 272090 183913 899600 16100 96266 198433 231986 197733 740518 133209 289165 332022 504076 381646 1640118 30000 70000 20000 44404 19404 183808 30000 70000 20000 44404 19404 183808 1456310 133209 289165 332022 504076 381646 1640118 0.88790 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED GOLF EVENT 21189 17835 3354 6944 21189 17835 3354 6944 6944 -3590 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO EMPOWER OUR CLIENTS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, UNENCUMBERED BY THE CHALLANGES OF DAILY LIVING ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL DISABILITIES. WE MATCH EACH CLIENT WITH A SERVICE DOG THAT MEETS THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. IT IS OUR GOAL TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE TIME NEEDED FOR THE RECIPIENT TO TAKE THEIR SERVICE DOG INTO THEIR LIVES AND PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES FOR THE LIFE OF THE DOG. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A BREEDING PUPPIES OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, OUR FOUNDER HAS DEVELOPED A PROVEN SYSTEM FOR BREEDING, RAISING, AND TRAINING SERVICE DOGS FOR THOSE WITH A DISABILITY. VOLUNTEER BREEDER CARETAKERS CARE FOR OUR BREEDER DOGS AND NURTURE NEWBORN PUPPIES FOR EIGHT WEEKS BEGINNING WHEN THE PUPPIES ARE BORN. VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISERS CARE FOR, SOCIALIZE AND PROVIDE BASIC OBEDIENCE TRAINING FOR OUR GOFIDOG PUPPIES WHILE IN THEIR CARE. EACH PUPPY IS BROUGHT TO OUR FACILITY AND IS PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. EACH HOUR SPENT CARING FOR A GOFIDOG PUPPY IS VITAL TO ITS DEVELOPMENT AS A FUTURE ASSISTANCE DOG. PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS SPEND UP TO 22 MONTHS TEACHING THE DOG TO MASTER TASKS NECESSARY TO ASSIST A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. WE TRAIN OUR SERVICE DOGS TO ASSIST ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY PERFORMING DAILY TASKS, SUCH AS PICKING UP DROPPED ITEMS, OPENING DOORS, AND TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON. WE HAVE BRED OVER 100 DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO OUR PROGRAM. SKILLED COMPANIONS ENHANCE INDEPENDENCE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UNDER THE ASSISTANCE OF A FACILITATOR, TYPICALLY A PARENT OR CAREGIVER WORKING DOGS - WORK WITH A PROFESSIONAL WHO DIRECTLY SERVES CLIENTS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, OR SPECIAL NEEDS IN A VISITATION, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, OR HEALTHCARE SETTING. WE ENGAGE OUR RECIPIENTS FROM THE BEGINNING TO WORK ON DEVELOPING A BOND AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE ATTENDING THE TRAINING. THE MATCHING OF RECIPIENTS AND CANINES TAKES PLACE AS PUPPIES ARE JUST 8 WEEKS OLD. THIS PAIRING PROVIDES OUR RECIPIENTS WITH VITAL COMPANIONSHIP FROM THEIR ASSISTANCE DOG AS WELL AS A TEAM OF MENTORS, TRAINERS, AND A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. TO MEET THE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY OUR TEAM IN OUR MOST RECENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ARE HOPING TO BREAK GROUND FOR A NEW, STATE OF THE ART TRAINING CENTER AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL ALLOW EXPANSION OF OUR BREEDING PROGRAM AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES. THIS WILL BE KEY TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF DOGS AND BEST POSSIBLY TRAINED ANIMALS TO ASSIST HUMANS WITH A DISABILITY. OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE DOG PROGRAM HAS BEEN AN ASTOUNDING SUCCESS WITHIN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO ASSIST THOSE WITH EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY AS THE NUMBER OF CALLS THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY. OUR CRD'S HAVE BROUGHT A KINDER APPROACH TO DEALING WITH SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE THROES OF A PANIC OR AGGRAVATED STATE. UTILIZING OUR DOGS HAS DECREASED THE TIME IT TAKES FOR SOMEONE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR ISSUES AND ACCEPT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE OFFICERS, PREVENTED TRIPS TO THE ED AND BROUGHT COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. WE HAVE PLACED ALMOST 20 DOGS IN THIS ROLE AND EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT STATES UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT IT HAS BEEN THE BEST THING THEIR DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE. IN ORDER FOR US TO PERFORM OUR MISSION WE MUST BREED DOGS OF TOP QUALITY. OUR PUPPIES ARE RAISED SOLELY BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WITH THE PUPPIES CONSTANTLY FOR THE FIRST 2 WEEKS AND THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 6 WEEKS UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO GO TO THEIR NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 STEVE WEISS BETH WEISS DIRECTOR DIRECTOR SPOUSES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 8B NO MEETING DOCUMENTATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE PRESIDENT AND C.O.O. REVIEWS THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GUIDESTAR INDEPENDENTLY OBTAINS AND POSTS FINANCIALS OF THE ORGANIZATION. FINANCIALS ARE POSTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MA. DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.