We are going to tell you a story….a beautiful story about Warrior the Service Dog and his young charge Josh who is 15.  Warrior has been trained as a seeing eye dog for Josh who is fighting a brain tumor which has compromised his eye sight.

GatorlandK9 brought Josh and Warrior together when Warrior was a puppy. 

When our German Shepherd Puppy was old enough for Service Training He went back to Gatorlandk9 for Service Dog Training with Owner Ted Hoppe.

Here is a GREAT Video of Warrior During a Training Session

Click here HERE >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8djvV5cO0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

After completing his Service Dog Training He went home to live with Josh and his family.  

We are so pleased to say that Warrior and Josh are both working well together.  Recently Josh took Warrior to a Boy Scout event!

Here is an update from Josh’s Mother Sarah yesterday.

Warrior took a tour of Joshua’s High School today. He did so wonderful and his behavior was top notch.  Everyone just loved him and can’t wait for him to be a “Full-Time Student”. He’s going to have his picture in the year book right next to Joshua’s! How exciting is that?  I’m so proud of him and it’s all due to

Ted  Hoppe at GatorlandK9.  Sarah Hepler

Click here if you want to visit Warrior’s Facebook page >https://www.facebook.com/pages/Warrior-A-Service-Dog/475422392512417

Click here if you want to visit GatorlandK9’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ServiceProtectionDogs

Author: Jill Pavel