So, the day to pickup your puppy has arrived and you’ve forgotten everything you learned. We’re definitely guilty of forgetting a thing or two on puppy pickup days. However, I like to keep a short list of Things To Remember When We Go To Pickup Our Puppy. Things To Remember When You Go To Pickup [...]
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Shortly after deciding on a name for our newest Guide Dog Puppy In Training (We chose Dublin just in case you haven’t been following us on Facebook or Twitter) we thought What Should We do Before We Bring Home A Puppy? This thought crosses our mind each time we bring home a new puppy. Whether [...]
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I’ve often mentioned that RSS subscriptions and Google Alerts are great ways to hear the latest news about any subject you’re interested in, for instance, Guide Dog Training. Today I received a Google Alert titled What It Takes To Host A Guide Dog and thought that it was an interesting title. I think it might [...]
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Are you an iPhone user? If you’ve seen the commercials then you probably know there’s an iPhone app for just about anything you can think of. Guess what? There’s now even a free app for Puppy Raisers. Guide Dogs of Texas Inc. has released a silly iPhone app for Guide Dog puppy raisers. It’s very [...]
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How about Street Pole Ads? It wasn’t my first choice either, but then again I can’t say that I would know the best way to market and advertise a business in South Africa. Once again sifting through my RSS feed I came across an interesting article on Street Pole ads highlights SA Guide Dogs plight. [...]
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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 [...]
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I saw this article early in the week on Paula Abdul Surprises Idol’s Scott MacIntyre with Guide Dog, but I’m just finally getting a chance to post a short article. Actually throughout the week my RSS reader has been filling up with other articles and commentary about Paula Abdul’s Surprise Guide Dog. American Idol Star [...]
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I was reading through my RSS feed today and came across this funny quote from Twitter about Japanese Guide Dogs. Japanese guide dogs are taught commands in English. I guess “sit” is easier than “suwaranasai”. Especially if you’re a dog It gave me a good chuckle and since I’m Japanese-American (unfortunately I know very little [...]
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How did I miss this one? I know I was late on reporting puppy in training, Grace ringing the NASDAQ closing bell. Today one of my co-workers walked in and asked me if I saw the Guide Dog ringing the bell yesterday. I said “Oh sure, I heard about the puppy in training ringing the [...]
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I’m a little late on this one, but earlier today I saw that Grace, a Puppy In Training for the Guide Dog Foundation was going to ring the NASDAQ closing bell today. Unfortunately, I was to slow to post my article or even witness the NASDAQ closing today. I did find some links to the [...]
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