Don't pet the rez dogs

Youthworks has a policy: Do not pet dogs on your site.

This rule exists for many reasons:
1. fleas, ticks, germs, and general dirtiness of dogs that live in places like reservations and in mexico
2. you never know which dogs are mean and which dogs are nice

I guess that is only two reasons. They are good reasons, but as you can see from the photo....they didn't really work out so well. We tried, we really did. There are four dogs that live near the school that we have become bff with.

Cry Baby...the black one in front is Dillon's shed buddy. She comes and helps him mix paint and eat granola bars.
Trouble: it's all in the name. He is the little guy that Heather is holding. He likes to bite ankles and cry outside the door of the school while we have club. This week Ranger found him curled up in our skit costume pile behind our club stage...this was adorable, but also bed because dogs are sooo not allowed in the school
Mary Jane: She isn't pictured in the photos, but she is a big white puppy that has tripled in size since we arrived. She has huge ears, loves popsicles, and is currently sporting a big gray paint spot on her back from sitting in a paint bucket over the weekend.
Rocket: Rocket is my favorite. She is a german shepherd puppy about 6 months old. She is speedy quick, super sweet, and completely loyal. She sleeps outside the door of the school, follows us around, sits on our laps, and has generally adopted our team as her family. She also loves Gorp (our home made trail mix) In the photo...Ranger is holding her!

So at the Blackfeet Reservation the rule is:
Don't pet the rez dogs....except Cry Baby, Trouble, Mary Jane, and Rocket.

What can we do right?? You try telling 75 high school students not to pet or play with the four puppies that hang out at the school and try to sit on their laps. Ya....it doesn't work.