Disney and dogs, what could be better?
Photos of service puppies-in-training from Canine Companions for Independence have gone viral after a parkgoer at Disneyland snapped this shot of the dogs on a field trip:
Most of the dogs in the group are from Sacramento, raised by volunteers like Laura Allen.
When ABC10's Frances Wang made the local connection, she had to go meet the dogs.
Allen said the dogs' favorite part was meeting and greeting the characters.
Allen has been doing this for years, raising eleven puppies. She always takes them to Disneyland but said this was the first time they got so much national attention,
"It's great socialization for the dogs," said Allen. "There are different sounds, people, kids."
Volunteer puppy raisers start with 8-week-old puppies and raise them until they are between 18 to 20 months.
PHOTOS: Service Dogs at Disney
When the puppies are done with their training, they go to people with disabilities, like 72-year-old Nancy Sawhney.
Sawhney has a condition similar to ALS and hsa been in a wheelchair for 30 years. She has had four service dogs.
"She's trained to pick up anything I drop, pull my wheelchair, turn on light switches," said Sawhney. "These dogs are just amazing."
The organization provides the service dogs for free.
"Life is so much more fulfilled with a dog like this by my side," said Sawhney.
The Canine Companions for Independence motto is: 'Raise a puppy, change a life.'
If you want to be a volunteer for the organization, click here.
Follow the conversation with Frances Wang on Facebook.