MEET TEAM SEQUIN

Knowing that my hearing loss had come to a point where I needed assistance for my safety was definitely hard to accept. Putting in that initial application to PADS was something I never thought I would have to do. But the more I researched about these amazing dogs in their superpower capes, I knew it was something that would make my life better. 

As I waited to hear about the possibility of having my own hearing assistance dog, I decided I would give back to PADS and puppy raise; learn about these dogs, learn their commands, see what they could do. In that time with training PADS puppy Rufous, I could see and imagine what a life changing impact these special dogs could have on someone’s life.  

What I imagined hasn’t been even close to what I am now experiencing with my sweet Sequin. In such a short period of time, this girl has come into my life and provided me with not only the feeling of safety and security in my own home by helping me hear, but she has given me the confidence to stop hiding behind an invisible disability, to try to engage more in public situations, to do things on my own. She has given me back a sense of independence that I had lost with my hearing, and for that, I will be forever grateful. Not just to Sequin, but to her breeder caretakers, her sponsors, her puppy raisers, her advanced trainers and sitters and to everyone who works, volunteers and supports PADS. 

– Sequin’s Partner