News from YVR Airport isn鈥檛 always about flight delays and bumpy landings.
On Monday the YVR Airport Twitter account had just the thing to brighten any Vancouverite鈥檚 morning: puppies.
LOOK AT THESE PUPPIES. Do we ever have a ruff task for you! We need your help naming our YVR puppy litter. Share your best YVR-themed puppy names using and the best will go to a vote next week.
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While these three Labrador retrievers won鈥檛 actually work at YVR when they鈥檙e older, the airport recently went into partnership with PADS after its employees overwhelmingly chose to support the organization through an employee giving program at the end of last year.
鈥淥ne of the main pillars of the airport is accessibility and that鈥檚 why we exist, to improve the independence of people with physical disabilities,鈥� Tara Doherty, communication manager for PADS told the Richmond News.
Doherty said the partnership is an opportunity for service puppies in training to be exposed to airports and travel.
鈥淲e hope down the road, as we continue to work together, to have learning opportunities for our puppies at the airport. Most of them will travel with their future partners so having those opportunities to experience things like going through security, and boarding a plane and learning to settle, all those kinds of things that typically are hard for us to give our puppies,鈥� Doherty said.
鈥淔or us our dream would be that every puppy in our program experiences air travel before we match the client."
As the puppies grow up, they eventually take on one of four jobs: a service dog, hearing dog, accredited facility dog or PTSD dog for veterans and first responders.
YVR is taking your airport-themed suggestions for the puppies' names via Twitter with the hashtag #YVRPADSPUPS.
Oh, and聽聽to think creatively: 鈥淔orgot to mention that the person who chooses a winning name gets a snuggle session with the puppies!鈥�
