May 21, 2012

OCTA Offers Service Animal Training

Puppy In Bus

Last year the Orange County Transportation Authority provided public transit orientation training to service animals and their handlers / trainers.  Myself and Derby were lucky enough to take part in this free program.  We shuttled around in the bus starting at the Fullerton Park and Ride and ended at Knott’s Berry Farm for lunch with [...]

Drug Sniffing Dogs And…DVD Sniffing Dogs?

Drug Sniffing Dog

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 [...]

What Happens To A Retired Guide Dog?

Rejected Guide Dog

I’ve been asked many questions since I began raising guide dog puppies including “What Happens To A Retired Guide Dog?” and “What about Guide Dog Rejects?” What’s the difference between “retired” and “rejected”? A retired Guide Dog would be one who has served as a Guide Dog while a rejected (career change) guide dog is [...]

Do You Have A Smart Dog?

Australian Shepherd Mix Puppy - Linus

Do you have a smart dog? I know there are many different tests availabe to see if you have a smart dog. Some dogs are more trainable, but does that actually constitute a higher intelligence. Another ongoing controversy has to do with smart dog breeds and which one is considered the most intelligent. I did [...]

Dachshund Mother Takes Care of Baby Goat

Dachshund and Baby Goat

Do you remember last years story about the Dachshund Acts As Mom To Baby Piglet? We ran that article almost this same time last year. If you’ve been following along then you know that Tink the Dachshund mom was not feeling to well last time we spoke to Momma Johanna. Here’s the last update we [...]

Are You Interested In A Pet Portrait?

Pet Portrait

I love my dogs as I’m sure many of you do to. I probably have thousands of photos of them sitting on my digital camera, on my computer, on an external hard drive, and probably a handful on print. It’s sad that I don’t have too many printed images of my dogs. Sandy Taylor “Colorful [...]

How Many Sprollies?

How Many Pups

While browsing through my RSS feed I came across another great puppy photo from the PuppyParade. I was trying to figure out what breed of puppies these were because they or absolutely adorable. If you go to the flickr stream by clicking the title: The Calm before the storma you can see more great pictures [...]

Who Is The Cutest Puppy Ever?

Stetson

Now that you’ve seen all ten of the cutest puppies ever it’s your turn to decide who actually is Puppy In Training’s Cutest Puppy Ever! Here is a short recap on my ten puppies. Click on their picture or their name to go directly to the puppy’s individual page. Scroll to the very bottom to [...]

The Cutest Puppy Ever Part I

Linus on carpet

Have you ever thought “my puppy has to be the cutest puppy ever!” That’s what I think and say to myself every time I bring home a new puppy. Now you might be wondering “how many puppies have you brought home?” I was thinking about this the other day and realized in the past few [...]

How Do I Subscribe To The Puppy In Training RSS Feed?

RSS Feed Button

Have you ever heard of an RSS Feed? Just this morning I heard that only 10% of web surfers know how to subscribe to RSS feeds. That means approximately 90% of you probably do not know what an RSS feed is. Today I wanted to write a short post about RSS which stands for Real [...]