Best Friends Mission Goals

• To provide an educational experience for youth that otherwise might be omitted from competition and denied the experience and growth it provides.
• To provide members an opportunity to learn about canine training and handling in a safe and supportive environment.
• To focus on building positive relationships between club members and his or her own volunteer team canine.
• To provide canine therapy and motivation with physical and mental stimulation while having fun!

Canine Classes Being Offered

for 4-H Canine Project

• Canine Obedience
• Canine Agility
• Canine Anatomy & Breeds
• Good Sportsmanship & Figure Eight
• Canine Safety
• Canine Ownership Responsibility

Best Friends 4-H Canine Project Goals

• 4-H Spring Achievement Canine Notebooks
• 4-H Spring Achievement Canine Evaluation in Presentation, Agility and Canine Good Citizen
• Berrien County Youth Fair Canine Exhibitor w/ Disability Dog Competition in Agility and Obedience.

Best Friends 4-H Club Meetings and Canine Training are held at MUTTERLY LOVE located at 200 KERTH, ST. JOSEPH, MI 49085  PHONE: 269-983-6888

Best Friends 4-H Club is physically supported

by the volunteers of

• (4-H) Michigan State University Extension Office
• Berrien County Youth Fair
• Flying Spots Photography
• Two by Two Animal Hospital
• Lettuce Duit, Inc.
• Mutterly Love
• Stay & Obey
• The Dog House
• Web-Hostess.com
• Wil-O-Paw Animal Hospital

Best Friends 4-H Club is financially supported in part by

The St. Joseph Council of the Knights of Columbus #13942

Thank you for taking the time to inquire about Best Friends 4-H Club for the forgotten youth of Berrien County, Michigan...the 4-H'er with disabilities within the age range of five to twenty-six years.

Since 1988, Best Friends 4-H leaders and volunteers have worked one on one with our Down Syndrome, Dyslexic, Autistic, Asperger, emotionally troubled, paraplegic, mutes, deaf, hydrocephalic, mentally slow, hyperactive, attention deficient and physically challenged members, teaching each member the fine art of canine handling.

Best Friends is the only 4-H canine therapy project club in Berrien County that provides therapeutic, as well as, an educational and enjoyable life experience for children with life challenges using volunteer team canines...that is to say, the child nor the child's family has to own a dog.

Best Friends is the only year round 4-H Club in America that has a twelve week summer dog project training program specifically designed for the encouragement of canine therapy and independent comprehension skills of every day life for our members.  At the same time, each 4-H'er is working towards his or her completion of the club's 4-H Canine Summer Project...competing in the Berrien County Youth Fair in the Canine Exhibitor with disabilities, Department 9 - Division 2!

Stop by for a visit.  You're always welcome.

Sincerely,

 

Linda M. Shannon-Chaillet;                 Best Friends 4-H Club Coordinator

And

Vicki Williams:                                    Best Friends 4-H Club Co-Coordinator

IAMS DOG FOOD PROJECT

As of today's date, 1,880 pounds of FREE Eukanuba Dog Food has been sent to Berrien County Animal Control since Best Friends Dog Food Program began!  Click here for more information regarding the program.

 

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Articles on Best Friends 4-H Club (must have pdf program)

Dogs Really Can Be Man's Best Friend (2009)

A Very Special CGC Program! (pdf 2006)