When Janine Prindles family started training Guide Dogs for the Blind through Enumclaws Future Vision club she knew this day would come.

At the time her vision was pretty clear, but she could see into the future. She knew the eye disease she had would, over time, make it harder for her to get around. She knew one day she would have to rely on the very dogs she was training.

That day is coming.



Recently, the Enumclaw dog trainer packed up her bags and headed to the Oregon campus of Guide Dogs for the Blind for a four-week stay. While there she will learn how to work with a specially-selected dog and the dog will learn to work with Prindle and her special needs.

This is a huge deal in the sense that she started her family doing this 39 dogs ago, said Future Vision leader Jana Decker, who has been taking over the leash of the Enumclaw Guide Dog for the Blind feeder program since Prindle has stepped away.

`Dog Stampede' fund-raiser to be held at Fort WW Park

In case you haven't had enough stampeding this weekend, the Walla Walla Dog Park Committee is hosting a ``Dog Stampede'' May 19 at Fort Walla Walla Park.

The dog stampede, otherwise known as a dog walk, will raise money for the committee's goal of setting up an off-leash dog park in Fort Walla Walla Park.The walk will be 2 miles long. Registration is from 8-9 a.m. at the Rotary picnic shelter accessed off Myra Road. At the end of the walk, drawings will be held for locally donated prizes such as massages, dog and human goodies and gift certificates.All dogs should be current on rabies vaccinations. However, a veterinarian will be available from 8-9 a.m. to give the vaccines to dogs that show up without them.All dogs that live in the city should have a dog license. But for those that don't, an animal control officer will have licenses for sale at the event.In addition, a 4-H dog trainer will be on hand to answer owners' training questions.A mininum $5 donation is requested to qualify for the door prizes.

ACCLAIMED ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHER SHARON MONTROSE EXTENDS PHOTOGRAPHY ...

(openPR) - Los Angeles, CA (April 30, 2007) – On the heels of an incredibly successful opening-night event, MUTTS, the photography exhibit by acclaimed animal photographer Sharon Montrose, is extending its run at Cisco Home (440 N. La Brea Avenue, 90036) in Los Angeles. Originally scheduled for a week-long display, the upscale furniture showroom will continue to house Montrose's photographs for an additional three weeks ending Sunday, May 27th. With her fine art collection, Montrose aims to elevate the status of these beloved but underappreciated companions. Lovingly training her camera's eye on these one-of-a-kind canines, she unleashes the intelligence, cockiness, loyalty, energy, good looks, and sheer irresistibility of the mixed-breed dog. The exhibit presents 19 images selected from Montrose's newly-released, beautifully photographed and impeccably designed book, MUTTS (Stewart, Tabori & Chang).