May 17, 2012

Vacation To Alaska

I just thought I’d let everyone know that I’ll be in Alaska for the next 8 days.  Unfortunately, I won’t be bringing any of my dogs with me.  Lucky for me I was able to find three different families to watch my dogs. I’ll do my best to try and get posts to the blog [...]

Deadly Toy Could Kill Your Dog

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While browsing my RSS feed I came across this incredibly sad story of a dog who had part of his tongue amputed because of a poorly designed toy. It’s the kind of toy I could picture myself brining home from the store. After reading the sad post I wanted to add a short post here [...]

Things Adult Drivers Prohibit In Their Vehicle – Pets #3!

USA Today Snapshot

While browsing the news the other day I came across this USA Today Snapshot survey of things adult drivers prohibit in their vehicles. I’m sure off the top of your head you can think of most of the responses in the survey and it doesn’t surprise me that Pets are #3 on this list. I [...]

Children’s Book About Piglet With Dachshund Mother

The Pink Puppy

It’s been a few months since the story broke about Pink the Piglet and Tink his Dachshund mother. Earlier today we heard from Pink and Tink’s caretaker and that she has written a children’s book called The Pink Puppy. The book chronicles the true story about a miniature dachshund fostering a little piglet. Pink And [...]

Have You Ever Fostered Dogs Or Puppies? – Puggle And Terrier Mix

Pregnant Dogs

I was visiting the Cuddly Canines website today and found out that there are two pregnant dogs slated to be euthanized unless they can find a foster family to care for the dogs and (future) puppies. It’s so sad to see neglectful people let their dogs get pregnant and then just drop them off at [...]

Dog And Human Or Cat And Human?

It must be video week for us here at Puppy In Training. I came across another great video I want to share with you guys. It’s actually very old footage from the late 60′s early 70′s, but I guess it’s been circulating around Youtube for a while now, so many of you may have already [...]

Duckling Thinks Puppy Is His Mother

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Here we are again looking at pictures and videos of dogs and puppies hanging out with other animals. Today’s subjects: “DUCKLING AND PUPPY” While stumbling through websites I came across this adorable video of a duckling following a puppy around the streets of China. I’m pretty sure the duckling thinks the little puppy is his [...]

3 Tips On How To Train Your Dog Like A Guide Dog

Colby and Derby

Aren’t you amazed when you see a Guide Dog in public! They have to be some of the most well-behaved dogs I’ve ever seen. A guide dog has to ignore all the distractions going on around him and concentrate on his job of leading his handler safely to his destination. Have you ever asked yourself: [...]

How Much Should I Feed My Puppy

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How Much Should I Feed My Puppy? is a question I’ve heard many times before, but now it’s my turn. It’s easy to follow the chart on the side of your dog food bag or follow the directions given to you by the Guide Dogs of America Training Department. However, what happens when you follow [...]

How To Find Guide Dog Information With Twitter

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Do you use Twitter? If you do feel free to be my friend and follow my Twitter activities at http://www.twitter.com/ckmorita. I use Twitter in conjunction with Google Reader to track what people are saying about Guide Dogs. It’s a great way to find little snippets and articles about any topic you choose. Of course you [...]