Operation Pawsitive Support

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day!!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Blessings to you and Your Family!

11/27/2025

To All Our Clients and Followers...

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

11/10/2025

This!!!! 🥹🥹

"A stranger followed me through Walmart and asked if she could say goodbye to my dog. I'd brought Pepper with me—a ten-year-old chocolate lab, service dog vest on, totally normal grocery run. But this woman, maybe mid-60s, had been watching us from the produce section. Following at a distance. Not creepy, just... sad. In the parking lot, she finally approached. "I'm so sorry to bother you," she said, voice shaking. "But is his name Pepper?" Red flags everywhere. I stepped back. "How do you know that?" She started crying. Right there between the grocery carts. "I raised him. Puppy raiser for Guide Dogs of America. I had him from eight weeks to eighteen months, then had to give him back for formal training. It's been almost nine years, and I think about him every single day." She pulled out her phone. Photos of a puppy—same white spot on his chest, same expressive eyebrows. Pepper as a gangly adolescent in a blue training vest. A final photo: her hugging him, both of them crying, the day she had to return him. "They told me he'd washed out of guide dog training because he was too social. Too friendly. I always wondered where he ended up." She looked at his service dog vest. "What does he do?" "Diabetic alert," I said. "He's saved my life sixteen times." I don't know why I knew that number. I just did. She covered her mouth, sobbing harder. "He was always so good at noticing when something was wrong. Even as a puppy. He'd bring me my phone when my blood pressure medication alarm went off. I never trained him to do that. He just knew." We stood there for twenty minutes. She told me stories—Pepper stealing socks, Pepper afraid of the vacuum, Pepper sleeping upside-down with his legs in the air. Things only someone who truly loved him would remember. Before she left, she knelt down. Pepper walked right to her, tail wagging, and put his head on her shoulder like he'd been waiting nine years to do it. "Thank you for keeping him safe," she whispered to him. Then to me: "And thank you for letting me see that he's exactly where he was meant to be." I sent her a photo every week now. And Pepper? He still sleeps upside-down with his legs in the air. To everyone who's ever raised, fostered, or loved a dog you couldn't keep—they remember you. They carry you with them. What would you want yours to know? ❤️" Credit: Kaytee Amerson.

11/02/2025

Our new, beautiful girl came in last evening.
She is undergoing our evaluation. If she passes, we will be training her for service/personal protection. She will then be available. Please share her with anyone looking for a personal protection dog.
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11/02/2025

Max is in for his second round of training, where he will begin training for therapy and service work. We worked on the Help Command yesterday. This is important for his owner who has had a stroke and is sometimes subject to falls. Max will give him the support he needs to get up after falls.

11/01/2025

Age is just a number. It has no limitations on who you are or what you are capable of. The only limitations you have are those that you set for yourself’

Yesterday at the Old Fort Cluster the Show held a Best Veteran Showcase at the end of the show. Long after Best in Show finished and shortly after Owner Handled Best, about 20 or so Veterans and their long time handlers/owners going around one last time.

Let me just say, this young lady and her trusty Papillon flew around that ring, walker and all. There wasn’t a smile that wasn’t found on each and everyone watching, both in and out of the ring. When Judge Bonnie Linnel Clark awarded the pair Best Veteran in Show, the handler exclaimed, ‘Omg, we won BIS…I might just cry!’ In which Judge Clark chimed back, ‘I’M ALREADY CRYING!’ 😂

Rhea and I are loving our time here at the Old Fort Cluster! We sincerely appreciate everyone that’s come up to us to let us know how happy we’ve added these shows to our schedule. We’re already looking forward to next year!

Checkout the rest of this pair, along with the other lovely veterans in yesterday’s Gallery here:

https://norcalbulldogger.shootproof.com/gallery/28670943/

ALL PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND HERE: www.norcalbulldogger.com

Friday:

Camera 1:

German Shorthaired Pointer
Irish Red & White Setter
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Barbet
Whippet
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Smooth Fox Terrier
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
English Setter
Samoyed
Irish Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Flat Coated Retriever
Doberman
Labrador Retriever
Golden Retriever

Camera 2:

Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Dogue de Bordeaux
Parson Terrier
Standard Poodle
Silky Terrier
Brussel Griffon
Beauceron
Australian Shepherd
Saluki

4-6 Month Puppy
Veteran Showcase Best In Show
Dogue de Bordeaux Society of America Top 20

11/01/2025

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Age is just a number. It has no limitations on who you are or what you are capable of. The only limitations you have are those that you set for yourself’

Yesterday at the Old Fort Cluster the Show held a Best Veteran Showcase at the end of the show. Long after Best in Show finished and shortly after Owner Handled Best, about 20 or so Veterans and their long time handlers/owners going around one last time.

Let me just say, this young lady and her trusty Papillon flew around that ring, walker and all. There wasn’t a smile that wasn’t found on each and everyone watching, both in and out of the ring. When Judge Bonnie Linnel Clark awarded the pair Best Veteran in Show, the handler exclaimed, ‘Omg, we won BIS…I might just cry!’ In which Judge Clark chimed back, ‘I’M ALREADY CRYING!’ 😂

Rhea and I are loving our time here at the Old Fort Cluster! We sincerely appreciate everyone that’s come up to us to let us know how happy we’ve added these shows to our schedule. We’re already looking forward to next year!

Checkout the rest of this pair, along with the other lovely veterans in yesterday’s Gallery here:

https://norcalbulldogger.shootproof.com/gallery/28670943/

ALL PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND HERE: www.norcalbulldogger.com

Friday:

Camera 1:

German Shorthaired Pointer
Irish Red & White Setter
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Barbet
Whippet
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Smooth Fox Terrier
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
English Setter
Samoyed
Irish Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Flat Coated Retriever
Doberman
Labrador Retriever
Golden Retriever

Camera 2:

Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Dogue de Bordeaux
Parson Terrier
Standard Poodle
Silky Terrier
Brussel Griffon
Beauceron
Australian Shepherd
Saluki

4-6 Month Puppy
Veteran Showcase Best In Show
Dogue de Bordeaux Society of America Top 20

08/09/2025

We are excited for this boy coming in for 30 days of Obedience and Therapy Training!
This is a personalized program. If you are interested in a personalized program for your dog, please contact us.