well in just hours the ice shavings will
be flying and several chefs will be
showing off their chainsaw skills ice
down is happening at the Rosen Plaza
tomorrow the event benefits one program
we've come to know and very much love
and can you guess why we love them we
just happen to have a few members from
canine companions for independence here
with us today Joanie is now Robin bush
and Danielle bogs both professional
trainers and also joining us and they
are just looking at you so lovingly
Tamale and Jolene first of all welcome
why don't you tell us what this is to
Molly okay so tell us a little bit about
to Molly
um well tamale and Jolene have both been
with us for three to four months now in
the professional training and they're
going to be rotating through routine
training with some students in February
and hopefully find their match at that
point and I was just proud to say so
they haven't found their match just yet
so how does the whole process go about
well we invite students that we think we
have a few dogs that might match well
with them for their particular needs and
so when they come to class we'll rotate
a couple of those dogs with them see
which one's work best together and then
decide our match at that point now this
event this weekend at the Rosen is
benefiting your organization and
certainly it is not cheap to train these
dogs tell tell folks where the money
raised will go the money raised is
actually going to go to put our dogs out
we give our dogs out free of charge so
then the money that they get directly
goes back into our program and then we
can put our dogs back out for our
clients so they don't have to pay
anything for them and these dogs are
life-changing for the clients tell us
about what what they'll do when they're
matched with their people well we we
teach them over 40 commands in
professional training so when they go
they have a wide variety of options to
do depending on what the people need so
they can tuck open doors push the push
plates to open doors out in public they
turn lights on and off they retrieve
items that drop on the floor I'd make a
little bit easier for them and then
bring them back to them and that easier
fashion they are so funny the way they
are sitting listening so they're waiting
face the camera so everyone can see your
brain I mean they're cute 360 degrees
yes they're perfect they're so sweet
you're so sweet how long does the whole
process normally take my lease it it
takes about six to nine months for them
once they in a professional training
them to get them to their who they're
gonna be matched with and the graduation
ceremony matching them with their with
their they're humans I guess you could
say it's just such a special moment can
give give us an idea of how that feels
knowing that you're training them and
they're gonna go and just help someone
yeah well it's a wonderful ceremony to
see and it's really special for us
seeing the dogs that we've trained get
ready to do those skills for their
people but it's also really nice for the
puppy raisers that raised these dogs
when they were little to then be able to
pass over the leash to the people that
they raised the dogs to do the
particular skills for and change their
life forever so I've been to the
graduation ceremonies before it is
absolutely incredible it's beautiful to
see so tell us about the event this
weekend yeah so the event it's going to
be at the Rosen Plaza
it's called iced out it is free of
charge it's gonna be poolside there and
it's on International Drive over there
and basically what we're gonna be doing
is we're gonna have a booth there for us
and our dogs so you can come meet a
working dog and then they're also gonna
have face painting they're gonna have a
photobooth they're gonna have the chefs
from the local chefs that are gonna be
there doing an ice sculpting competition
bringing a little bit of winter to
Central Florida yeah and yeah and like
she was saying 10% of those proceeds
that from the food and beverage sales
are actually gonna go directly to us
which is why it's important for us to be
there so we can put more dogs like this
out and serve us more clients so if you
had to estimate like what would the
price be per dog if you charged people
for these dogs
it's about $50,000 per dog if you think
about everything that goes into the
puppy
if she doesn't make it through I'll take
the $50,000 per dog yes what do you
think of that from the life of just from
puppyhood to the time they go out at
about two years old that's what it takes
to go in from raising them from a puppy
from all of the medical cause food costs
that yeah yeah so this is a perfect
event to go shoot this weekend if you're
looking for something to do and you want
to help an absolutely amazing cause
right Molly
so again tell us the location and the
time for folks who may Jesus just
popping in ok the Rosen Plaza on I Drive
poolside there and it is from eights 5
o'clock on Saturday that's December 15th
this week so perfect they would be no
price cool but that's part of the thank
you so much this has been the highlight
I think the first time a guest is
nibbled on your feet yes during a live
interview yes all right thank you