Polar Paws is an organization teamed up with 4 Paws for Ability and Ohio Northern University to expand the 4 Paws' mission to improve the lives of children with disabilities. To do this, the members of Polar Paws foster and socialize 4 Paws for Ability dogs and aims to educate the community on the role of a service dog. To succeed in these tasks, Polar Paws members form teams and host a 4 Paws' dog for 6-12 months. Members bring their foster dog everywhere with them to expose them to a variety of different environments, people, and situations. When Polar Paws' job is done, we hope to have produced a well-rounded, confident dog competent in basic obedience and at ease in public. The foster dog then returns to 4 Paws for Ability for evaluation, and then may enter advanced training at the hands of 4 Paws' excellent professional trainers. It is Polar Paws' goal for Ohio Northern foster dogs to one day assume the role of a service dog for a veteran or a child with a disability. For more information on Polar Paws or 4 Paws for Ability please feel free to contact us or visit the 4 Paws for Ability website.
