From left, Michael Waldo of Grand Ledge, Mich., Carol McEllhiney-Luster, Matt Mozurkewich, and Lisa Stahlberg of Lansing talk after dinner Sunday at McEllhiney-Luster's home in East Lansing. One of the things McEllhiney-Luster enjoys about puppy raising is the friends she makes through the program. "It's our own little dog world," she said. Matt Radick/The State News