Want to do something good in 2023? Become a volunteer Puppy Raiser for Guide Dogs Australia
Here's some adorable news to brighten your day: Guide Dogs Australia has welcomed its first litter of pups for 2023. Across New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, while the rest of us were out celebrating the end of 2022, goodest girl Febe was giving birth to six healthy labrador pups: two male and four female, three black and three yellow.
The first litter for the year is always an extra special one, with Leah Willet of Guide Dogs Australia commenting that "there’s just something about the first litter of the year – they remind us we’ve got another beautiful year ahead of working with these amazing dogs to help them take on a life-changing role in our community."
Generally, the names of each litter of pups would begin with the same letter, with the Guide Dogs team cycling through the alphabet as each new bundle of joy arrives. For example, a recent 'C' litter featured the names Casper, Connie, Cassie and Cara. But given the next letter up was 'X', and no working pooch can have the same name (Xanthe and Xia were already taken), an exception was made and staff members were tasked with naming each pup.
So, without further ado, meet your first official Guide Dogs Australia labrador pups for 2023: Soda, Honey, Joyce, Rocket, Jina and Beau (I'm not crying, you're crying). So what's in store for these puparoos now?
The little labs will spend their first two months with mum Febe, before being welcomed into the homes of volunteer Puppy Raisers for 12 months, who will provide a loving and