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It’s been a few years since I saw any kind of dogs on stamps. I don’t really know too much about the history of postage stamps or how they go about choosing who, what, where ends up on a stamp, but I do know that the United States Postal Service has released a set of [...]
It’s been over a month since Dublin went in for formal guide dog training and I really haven’t done too much here on the blog, on his facebook page, his YouTube channel, or on his Twitter account. However, that’s all about to change starting with this short blog post about one of the last reports [...]
Dear Colby, Well, the time is here, the day you’ve been anticipating since you picked up Dublin all those months ago. It is now time for Dublin to come in for his formal guide dog training. We know this is a hard time for you and we would like to try to make it a [...]
I know I’m a little late it already being towards the end of September, but this month (September) is National Guide Dog Month. So what exactly is national guide dog month? According to wikipedia: “National Guide Dog Month is a celebration of the work of Guide Dogs in the United States as a way to [...]
Are you interested in becoming a guide dog puppy raiser? I was asked that question a little over 5 years ago while attending the Orange County Pet Expo way back in 2006. At the beginning of 2006 it was just myself and my rescue dog Linus at the house, little did I know that by [...]
How I became a Guide Dog Puppy Raiser brings us back more than 5 years ago. It all started at the Orange County Pet Expo way back in 2006. Becoming a guide dog puppy raiser was one of several volunteer activities I was considering at the time. In the past I had volunteered for many [...]
Sniffer Dogs, Detection Dogs, Canine Nosework…they are all different names for a dog that is trained to detect substances/odors using their sense of smell. A recent Oprah article says that “the average canine can detect scents 10,000 to 100,000 times better than the average human.” That’s amazing! No wonder why these animals are so well suited [...]
Dublin recently had the opportunity to go to the Young Americans Christmas Show with another puppy raiser family. We thought it would be a great training experience for Dublin since we recently missed walking in the Downey Christmas parade. He had the chance to not only visit the Christmas show, but he also had the [...]
As many of you know Dublin recently went back to school in Sylmar for his six month Guide Dog Puppy Evaluation. We’ve been working hard on Dublin’s puppy training and socialization for the past 4 months and we were hoping our hard work would show up on his evaluation report. Needless to say, I was [...]
Today (actually this past Saturday) we went to Guide Dog Obedience Training at the Guide Dogs of America (GDA) campus in Sylmar, California. GDA offers guide dog obedience training classes specifically for our puppies in training. These classes help us and our puppy stay on track through the first year of our puppy’s development. GDA [...]
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We finally made it! Number 10, the final edition, the last puppy in the Cutest Puppy Ever series. I … [Read More...]
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