Nate's Honor Animal Rescue hosts kids camp

By Liz Ramos
| 11:00 a.m. June 19, 2023

Hadley Chadwick, Mia Wolcott and Betsy Rohel make frozen treats for their four-legged friends.

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Betsy Rohel grabbed some dog treats.

She walked into one of the meet-and-greet areas at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue to help train Appling, a 2-month-old puppy.

Rohel, who is 9, used the treats to reward Appling for positive behavior, such as sitting.

"I love getting to train them," Rohel said of the dogs.

Throughout Nate's Honor Animal Rescue's kids camp June 12-16, campers worked with the cats, made tie-dye T-shirts and frozen treats for the dogs. They also spent time reading to the dogs and painting with them.

Kinsley Chadwick, who is 8, loved making posters for each of the dogs. She said one of the dogs, Taylor, was adopted after a family saw the poster.

Kinsley Chadwich, who is 8, gets Lux to sit with the help of a treat.

Betsy Rohel, who is 9, tries to get Appling, a 2-month-old puppy, to sit. Rohel says she likes helping to train the dogs.

Paxton Davis, who is 10, takes his time making a doggie sundae.

Olivia Mendez, who is 9, adds cheese as the final touch to her sundae for the dogs.

Nate's Honor Animal Rescue pups are sure to enjoy these frozen treats campers made for them. It includes yogurt, treats, vanilla wafers, peanut butter and cheese.

Nate's Honor Animal Rescue campers play a game called "Kittens," where each ball they hold represents a kitten in their care.

Lena Lluberes, who is 11, doesn't hold back on the amount of yogurt in her sundae for the dogs. "I love getting to know all the dogs," she says.

Aubrey Steward, who is 10, sprinkles dog treats into the sundae she's making for Nate's Honor Animal Rescue dogs. She hopes her sundae goes to Lux, one of the dogs she's spent time with at camp.

James Kombogiannis, who is 8, makes a sundae for one of the dogs at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue. "I'm like a nice Gordon Ramsay," he says.

Hadley Chadwick, who is 8, and Maya Lluberes, who is 10, spend time getting to know Hula Hoop, a 2-month-old puppy. "I want to take her home with me," Chadwick says.

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Liz Ramos

Managing Editor Liz Ramos previously covered education and community for the East County Observer. Before moving to Florida, Liz was an education reporter for the Lynchburg News & Advance in Virginia for two years after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism.