Al Peters

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  Published on: 10/31/2009    Last Visited: 10/31/2009  

  The four-year-old program gets high marks from Al Peters, the founder of the Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota. That group provides trainers who supervise the inmates as they train the dogs.
  
  "Puppies go to prison and the puppy raisers just do a great job," said Peters.

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  Published on: 12/4/2008    Last Visited: 12/5/2008  

  "It's great to know the community is so generous, that people like Paul will come forward, a guy who's in need of work, disabled vet, that's willing to come and help us in our time of need," said Al Peters of Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota.

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  Published on: 8/10/2007    Last Visited: 8/10/2007  

  - Al Peters, Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota
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  In 1987, Al Peters had the idea that he wanted to do something to give back to his home state of Minnesota.He loves dogs, so his ears perked up when his wife, an audiologist, returned from a conference in California with a brochure about Assistance Dogs and the help they give to people with disabilities.The idea of training dogs to help the more than 140,000 hearing-disabled Minnesotans who could benefit from the services of an assistance dog led Al to found Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota [HSDM].
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  They spend their first 18 months being brought up in volunteer puppy-raising homes before they come to live with Al at HSDM, where they are trained in a large number of tasks.They are taught to retrieve anything from a dime to a backpack, find cordless phones in an emergency, open doors, turn on lights, as well as countless other tasks.
  
  Results Achieved with MYOB
  
  Perhaps Al and his staff's experience with training leads them to be exemplary students when the shoe is on the other foot.
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  Al found Terri when his previous MYOB Certified Consultant moved to Australia.
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  "Terri likes our mission and the fact that we provide our trained dogs free of charge to people with disabilities," Al says.
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  HSDM is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or disabled, and Al and his company are making good on that promise.As of December 2006, 223 Assistance Dogs have been placed with people with disabilities."142 of those are hearing dogs, 75 are service dogs, and six are Special Skills Dogs," Al says."Our vision for the future is that every person who needs and wants an assistance dog can have one."
  
  For Al and his staff at HSDM, MYOB AccountEdge Network Edition, and Certified Consultant Terri Zeh Jacobson are important tools in making that vision become reality.

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  Published on: 5/26/2009    Last Visited: 6/1/2009  

  Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota's executive director, Al Peters said, "Watching each of the teams grow together is an amazing journey.
  
  "They each develop new abilities that make the team a true partnership," Peters said.

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  Published on: 4/7/2008    Last Visited: 4/8/2008  

  "Thank you to Coon Rapids Police Department and to community members who watched, spotted and reported Jasmine's location throughout the week," said Alan Peters, executive director of Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota.

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  Published on: 1/6/2008    Last Visited: 1/6/2008  

  Alan Peters from Clydegrove Travel says "As an independent travel agent we can ensure that we offer customers real deals on a fantastic choice of flights and holidays worldwide.
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  Registration No.177725 (Directors Mr Alan Peters and Mrs Avril Peters) Trading as Clydegrove Travel is a member of the Global Travel Group.

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  Bert Wiley, head of the Clay County Food Pantry and Alan Peters, director of the Cherokee County Sharing Center both drove away with pick-up truck loads of food.

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  Published on: 3/8/2006    Last Visited: 3/11/2009  

  Executive director Al Peters told him that the yellow Labrador had been taken from him permanently - but wouldn't give a reason. State Rep.
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  "A couple pounds," said Peters.
  
  MASSACHUSETTS CONSIDERS HEARING AID BILL

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  Disabled man loses beloved service dog over weight... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/19/2004    Last Visited: 3/8/2006  

  The organization's executive director, Al Peters, wouldn't give Grewing an explanation.
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  The best the Watchdog could do was to persuade Peters to give Grewing the long-awaited reason for why Ozzie was plucked from his home.
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  Peters told the Watchdog that Ozzie was overfed after he was placed in Grewing's home in summer 2004.
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  Peters said Ozzie failed the weigh-in.How overweight was he,
  
  "It was close a couple pounds," Peters said.
  
  Were there any other reasons to take the dog away, Abuse, Was Grewing an irresponsible dog owner, Did the dog have a personality problem,
  
  No, just the weight, Peters said.He justified his decision by comparing it to discipline meted out to a child who has been told to clean his room or suffer the consequences.
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  Peters founded Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota in 1987 for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people with significant disabilities.Dogs are trained, then matched with clients from a waiting list and trained further to respond to clients' specific needs.Then the dog goes home with the client, and after a year, the dog is the client's to keep.
  
  The nonprofit organization gets no state or federal funding and relies on individual and group donations to cover the ,15,600 it costs on average to train a dog, Peters said.Volunteers, many of whom pick up the food and veterinary costs, raise the puppies.The group places 25 to 30 trained service dogs a year, he said.
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  A confused and heartbroken Grewing pressed for a reason why. : : The organization's executive director, Al Peters, wouldn't give Grewing an explanation.
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  "If somebody came and took my dog, it would break my heart," Hansen said. : : Peters founded Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota in 1987 for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people with significant disabilities.Dogs are trained, then matched with clients from a waiting list and trained further to respond to clients' specific needs.Then the dog goes home with the client, and after a year, the dog is the client's to keep. : : The nonprofit organization gets no state or federal funding and relies on individual and group donations to cover the ,15,600 it costs on average to train a dog, Peters said.Volunteers, many of whom pick up the food and veterinary costs, raise the puppies.The group places 25 to 30 trained service dogs a year, he said. : : A last-ditch attempt to resolve the dispute came to naught in January.

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  Dog's quick dialing fetches award - Orlando Sentinel :... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/19/2006    Last Visited: 6/19/2006  

  "The change in ,the patients', lives is just amazing in terms of the freedom it offers and the level of security it provides," said Al Peters, executive director of Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota.
  
  His group is one of dozens across the country training dogs and placing them in homes.

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