May 17, 2012

And They Call It Puppy Love…Literally…

Heart Puppy

Once again cuteness takes over this blog. I was reluctant to post, but the story comes from Japan (I’m Japanese), it’s exactly one month from Valentine’s Day, the heart-shaped marking and puppy are adorable, it’s a true story, and it’s Friday! I went ahead and did my due diligence on this one unlike last weeks [...]

8 Things You Should Know About Guide Dog Etiquette

Guide Dog puppy in training Team

Stetson is a Guide Dog puppy in training and not yet a full fledged guide dog. Our job as puppy raiser’s is to teach him basic obedience and socialize him with our daily activities such as bringing him to work, the grocery store, movies, concerts, amusement parks, airplanes, on the bus…etc. It’s very important that [...]

Cuddly Canines Adoption Event

Grace a mix breed puppy

Cuddly Canines is having an adoption event this Sunday, March 16th at the Petsmart in Aliso Viejo, CA. I try to highlight at least one dog or litter of puppies from the Cuddly Canines website here on my blog every week. If you haven’t read some of my other posts, I’ve worked as a volunteer [...]

True Or False: A Dog’s Mouth Is Cleaner Than A Humans

Just the other day my dog Stetson licked my face and as a devote dog owner I had no problem with this (although as a Guide Dog in Training Stetson should not be licking). However, a friend of mine screamed out “ewwww, that’s gross!” I immediately reacted with “A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a [...]

Puppy Adoption – German Shepherd Mix

Richie the German Shepherd Mix

If you are considering puppy adoption, I highly recommend visiting one of your local puppy/dog rescues. In past articles I’ve talked to you about the puppy/dog rescue, Cuddly Canines. I want to do my best to help place these puppies by profiling each puppy, litter of puppies, and dogs on this blog. ***Note this dog [...]

Puppy Training Tip Of The Day – Give The Command Once

Stetson and Linus

Have you ever seen someone training a dog and giving the same command over and over again? Something along the lines of Stetson Sit….Sit…..Stetson Sit…Sit…. I see it happen almost everyday. I constantly have to mentally remind myself not to give the same command more than one time. Make no mistake, this is a difficult [...]

Dog Kissing Firefighter

Dog Kissing Firefighter

Update 03/08/2008: Snopes.com has reported that while the picture is real the description is inaccurate. For more information scroll to the update at the bottom of the story. … … I just recently received this email again. This story has been circulating around the internet for years, but I love both the story and the [...]

Did You Miss Canine Dental Health Month?

Dog Toothpaste

February was canine dental health month and I missed it on my blog. However, I still wanted to get a post up about canine dental health. Last month during our Guide Dogs of America monthly meeting we were visited by a gentleman who performed Non-Anesthetic Dental care. I’ve been fortunate to be a part of [...]

New Puppy Training Tip – Get The Scent Of The Litter

Stetson with Ducky

It’s been a little over a year now since I picked up Stetson from the Guide Dogs of America facility in Sylmar, CA. He was only 7 weeks old and weighed around 12 pounds. He looked to be one of the bigger puppies in his litter. There were 5 total puppies in his group one [...]

Is Your Computer Screen Dirty? Click Here!

I was surfing through some of Digg’s top posts and came across this one. I’m not sure who came up with this post, but it sure is an original idea for cleaning computer screens. Based on the number of Diggs many of you have probably already come across this screen cleaner. I actually Stumbled it [...]