Smart Pups 200th graduate a real Jester

Jester was always the noise maker and the ring leader in any trouble.

In September Jester will finish his training and leave his kennel mates and foster family to become the 200th Assistance dog to be placed by Smart Pups.

An accidental honour, the luck of the numbers, Jester might not have been Smart Pups chosen ‘poster child’ to carry the 200th honour. His foster Alison described him as mischievous, his trainer Carolyn called him cheeky. And they were both being kind! In the kennels Jester was always the noise maker and the ring leader in any trouble!

Today though Alison describes Jester as loyal, a dog who loves to please and to work. He is curious too. Alison likes the way he sits back to watch activity around him, thinking through games with great intelligence.

So, on reflection perhaps Jester is the perfect ambassador dog for Smart Pups. He doesn’t look like a lot of other Smart Pups. He didn’t always behave like a lot of other Smart Pups, but he is a perfect Smart Pup.

Perfect because his own transformation mirrors that of the special needs children he will assist. The 199 dogs that have gone before him have helped make positive changes a reality for their children and their families. 

For every dog placed there is a parent who can at last sleep at night, a sibling who can now enjoy outings and a schoolmate who  shares in the benefits of an assistance dog in the classroom.

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