About

WELCOME TO PuppyInTraining.com! My name is Colby and my 2 big black dogs are Stetson & Linus. We’re sharing our experiences about guide dog training, therapy dog training, puppy raising, dog products, dog adoptions, dog rescues, dog shelters, and much more. We hope our journey in the puppy universe will help others with their goals in raising and training puppies.  If you have any questions for me please go to our contact form and I’ll do my best to answer your questions.

What’s This All About?

How did the Puppy In Training website come to be?  When friends and family learned that I was raising a guide dog puppy in training I suddenly became an authority on dogs and puppies.  I have read several books on dogs, dog training, dog tricks, and puppies, but never really considered myself an authority.  I’m a fairly knowledgeable person on dogs, but I also have tremendous resources around me including Linus’s trainer Sue Myles, Stetson’s trainer Ramona Audette, our entire Orange County Guide Dog’s of America group, the good people working at Guide Dogs of America in Sylmar, CA, and the power of the internet.

Why Puppy In Training?

“Puppy in Training” is the writing on Stetson and Derby’s training vest. Stetson and Derby were  Guide Dog puppies in training for the non-profit organization Guide Dogs of America. I’m using these pages to share insight on their training as well as things I learn about Stetson, Derby my rescue dog Linus, and all the doggy related questions I hear from day-to-day.  If you look at the picture of Derby above you can kind of make out the Puppy In Training words on the bottom of his vest.

Who are Colby, Linus, Stetson, and Derby?

You can find more information about

Colby – The Human
Linus – The Australian Shepherd Mix Rescue Dog
Stetson – The Black Labrador Retriever and Career Changed Guide Dog
Derby – The Yellow Labrador Retriever and Career Changed Guide Dog

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• Puppy In Training Timeline - This is a series of posts I wrote chronicling my life with puppies and dogs

We do our best to update the Puppy In Training blog between two and five days a week and encourage you to subscribe to our RSS Feed.  Many of the images are of my dogs and other guide dog puppy’s in training from my group. Some images are taken from the web. If you see one that belongs to you then please contact us via our contact form and I will gladly credit it accordingly or remove it immediately.