Iowa State University’s ACE Project opened a world of opportunities to the two-year-old yellow lab affectionately named Baron after being found astray in the cornfields near Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Ace Project partners with Midlands Humane Society to bring opportunities for students to work with foster dogs, like Baron, with behaviors that aren’t suited to life in the shelter.
Last semester, Danielle Pape received the opportunity to foster Baron through the Project, a student group she has been involved in since the Spring of 2022, her junior year. When Pape first met Baron, she knew he had something special, but as a high-energy and high-anxiety dog, she wasn’t sure if a typical family life would suit him.