Guide Dog Puppy Training At The Irvine Spectrum

If you were at the Irvine Spectrum this past weekend you may have seen 10 or so Guide Dog Puppies in Training walking around, working on obedience, and having a little fun.
This past Saturday our Orange County Guide Dog group had a little scavenger hunt also know as The Greatest Puppy Race.  We broke up [...]

Do You Take Your Dog To Work?

As a Guide Dog puppy raiser part of our job is to socialize our puppies and one way we do that is by brining our puppies to work.  If you don’t have the luxury of brining your dog to work then you might be in luck this week.  While browsing my RSS feed I came [...]

Guide Dog Adoption

Derby has been a part of the guide dog adoption program for almost two months now.  I don’t mind keeping him at home during this process, but the longer he stays at home the more difficult it becomes to let him go.  I received an email last week letting me know that they might have [...]

Tink the Dachshund and Pink the Piglet Now on Video

Do you guys remember Tink the mommy Dachshund and Pink the piglet from last year. They became so famous there was a children’s book written about them. If you haven’t seen it yet then check out The Pink Puppy.
Video footage of Pink and Tink
Some new video footage of Pink and Tink was just [...]

Blog Carnival: Mosquitos, Dog Food, Pet Care, Socialization, Puppy or Dog, Wedding Pets, Exotic Pets

I wanted to get a more descriptive title for this months edition of the Puppy In Training blog carnival. Speaking of editions this is the eleventh also known as XI!
Looking at the title it sure is a lot to cover. Pets and Mosquitos, Homemade Dog Food, Pet Care, Socializing Your Dog, Choosing [...]

Guide Dogs of America Open House 2009

One of our favorite events of the year is coming up next weekend: the Guide Dogs of America Open House 2009.  We’ve attended the last two GDA open houses held in Sylmar, CA.  Two years ago Stetson participated, but didn’t place in the puppy trials.  Last year Stetson was “in for training” and Derby was [...]

Drug Sniffing Dogs And…DVD Sniffing Dogs?

I’ve heard of drug sniffing dogs and I’ve actually been thinking about enrolling Stetson, my black lab, in a Scent Tracking – Nose Works dog training class. Afterall, we like to call Stetson Mr. Sniffers as he seems to be tracking all the dogs in the neighborhood.
I started to do my normal research and came [...]

Black And Tan Labrador Retriever Puppy

I was just going back through my email and I noticed that I had black and tan labrador retriever puppy photos from one of my readers sitting in my inbox. Unfortunately I sometimes fall behind on my posting duties and I wanted to get this one on the site asap.
How can you resist [...]