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01/28/2026

It’s a big day for our newest litter!🐾

We welcomed our newest litter of pups into the office this morning for their first vet visit! Later this afternoon, puppies will be matched with their Young Puppy Trainers, who will care for them until they enter our ABEL program.

These puppies will be spending plenty of time at alongside puppies from our previous “Trees” litter, where they’ll begin developing early skills that will support their future work as service dogs for members of our community.💛🦮

01/20/2026

Tune in to The Fur Real Podcast to hear our Executive Director, Maria Ikenberry, share how our Medical Alert dogs use their incredible sense of smell to detect medical events, the life-changing tasks our Mobility Assistance dogs are trained to perform, and how our At Both Ends of the Leash program creates more successful service dog matches each year, while giving incarcerated men purpose, hope, and valuable professional skills. 🦮🐾

The Fur Real Podcast episode featuring Maria, "WHAT A DOGS NOSE KNOWS" is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Youtube.

Find the link to the Youtube podcast below:
https://youtu.be/hdcksyuffiM?si=yeLViCVVjetuw4U8

01/14/2026

Curious about EENP or looking for ways to get involved? We'd love to invite you to our EENP Open House on Friday, January 23rd from 4-6pm at our office.

Our Open House is an opportunity to learn more about our mission, meet the people behind the work, and see our programs in action. Please join us if you are new to EENP, have heard about us and want to learn more, or are exploring ways to get involved as a volunteer, client, or advocate.

We'll have staff on site, trainers available to chat, and lots of dogs and puppies in training with their YPTs and Furlough Trainers. You'll be able to ask questions, learn about our training process, and get a better sense of how our community comes together to support this work.

If you're already part of the EENP community, feel free to stop by and bring a friend or pass the invite to those who may be interested in learning more about us.

We're so excited to open our doors, meet new faces, and share the work we do with our amazing community of volunteers, clients, trainers, and staff. 🐾🦮

01/13/2026

Carlos at work with Ori 🐾

Today they’re focusing on forward momentum, stairs, and doors. Through clear communication and positive reinforcement, Carlos communicates the behavior he’s looking for, then adjusts in real time based on what Ori shows him—either solidifying the skill or modeling it again through real-life examples to set her up for success.

01/06/2026

To know our pups is to love them 💞

Douglas, Taylor, Ginger, Ori and Tomate enjoyed some sunny training today with our ABEL trainers -- and returned all smiles.

01/04/2026

Love puppies and want to make a difference in the community? 🐶

Eyes Ears Nose and Paws is looking for Young Puppy Trainers to help raise future service dogs during their earliest months. As a YPT, you’ll welcome a puppy into your home, work on basic training and socialization, and help lay the foundation for a dog that will one day support someone’s independence and daily life.

No professional training experience is required — we provide guidance, supplies, and ongoing support every step of the way.

Interested in learning more or getting involved?
➡ https://eenp.org/volunteer/young-puppy-trainers

01/02/2026

A new year is about growth, accountability, and second chances.

Because of donor support, our ABEL trainers are building skills that change lives inside and beyond walls.

These words come directly from our ABEL trainers working hard to train Service Dogs that will go on to change lives. At the same time they develop leadership skills, responsibility, and compassion.

✨ "helping others understand what success looks like -- that's how we all grow"

✨ "I'm learning that I can succeed if I stay focused and don't give up."

✨ "I feel proud of myself -- and that's new for me."

To support this life-changing work in the new year:
https://eenp.org/donate

12/31/2025

An ABEL trainer shared this with the EENP community:

✨ “Change doesn’t come in leaps and bounds. It comes in inches.”

He has been incarcerated for more than 24 years. Inside prison, he helps train future assistance dogs — dogs who will alert to seizures, blood sugar changes, and medical emergencies for people he may never meet.

Through that work, he’s learned patience, trust, and responsibility. And something else, too.

✨ “I may never leave this place. But the work I do does.”

When one of these dogs graduates, the care and discipline poured into them lives on in a client’s independence and safety.

As this year comes to a close, your support keeps that quiet, life-saving partnership going — for clients on the outside and trainers on the inside.

Make a year-end gift online today:
👉 eenp.org/finishstrong

12/31/2025

There's still time to donate before the year ends. Your support makes placements like Salim's and Parlow's possible. - https://mailchi.mp/eenp/eoy-2025

12/29/2025

Between Christmas and New Year’s, many people are slowing down.

For many of our clients, EENP's work makes it possible to keep going.

Here's a story we hear a lot: a client told us that before she was partnered with her assistance dog, she was afraid to sleep alone — worried she wouldn’t wake up if something went wrong. Now, her dog alerts her to medical changes *before* they become emergencies. She sleeps. She travels. She lives with more confidence.

As the year comes to a close, your gift helps make moments like that possible.

There’s still time to give before year’s end.
👉 eenp.org/finishstrong

Every gift trains dogs, supports clients, and changes lives — inside prison and far beyond prison walls.

12/24/2025

Still need a meaningful Christmas gift?

🎁 This little helper comes ready with a bow — and a purpose.
Tribute donations can be made online tonight, with an ecard delivered straight to your loved one’s inbox.

Your tribute supports EENP’s assistance dogs in training — like Douglas here! — and the people whose lives are changed through their training — clients gaining independence and the incarcerated men who train each dog with care and dedication.

It’s a gift that’s easy, thoughtful and full of heart. ❤️

➡️ Make your gift now at eenp.org/donate-2025

12/22/2025

🎊We were featured in the News of Orange County 🎊

Our work-release trainer Carlos and programs assistant Ben shared how they guide young puppies towards a future dedicated to service through early training -- and how this work transforms the lives of the trainers as well.

🐾 “I’m learning not just about dog training, but about myself.”

🐾 “The dogs are a catalyst for change for the trainers who are in the program.”

Through our ABEL program, dogs become partners in transformation—for clients and for those who train them. 💛

Read the article here ➡ https://www.newsoforange.com/community/article_13f7a6c5-f18b-4859-a599-848061415aa7.htmlhttps://www.newsoforange.com/community/article_13f7a6c5-f18b-4859-a599-848061415aa7.html

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