Agility Dog

Grace A Puppy In Training For The Guide Dog Foundation Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell

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 site including these picture and a short write up: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200901/market_close_010509.stm

Here’s some information about Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind, Inc.

About The Guide Dog Foundation:

GDF Logo Since 1946, The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. has provided guide dogs free of charge to blind people who seek enhanced mobility and independence.

Our students come to us from all over the United States and many foreign countries for the quality of our dogs and our innovative training techniques. Every future guide or service dog gets its start in a puppy walker home. Puppy walkers raise Guide Dog Foundation puppies for about a year, teaching basic obedience and social skills, before the dogs return for formal training to become assistance dogs for people who are blind, visually impaired, or have other disabilities.

We are supported entirely by donations from generous individuals,corporations and foundations. We receive no government funding.

Thanks Johann! We received this information through your RSS feed this morning. If you want to learn more about Johann and his adventures as an agility dog please visit his site: The Days of Johann, an agility dog.

Dog Or Mop?

Today was just like every other day reading through my feeds on Google Reader, getting the latest and greatest news, and taking a look at some of the many dog and puppy pictures that come through my feeds. While scrolling through the many blog posts I enjoy on a daily basis I saw a picture that I could have sworn was a mop head being thrown over an obstacle on a dog agility course.

Thanks to our friends over at The Days Of Johann an Agility Dog I had the pleasure of seeing this great agility dog picture and wanted to share it with the readers here on Puppy In Training.

Johann found this pic at Reuters and we agree with Johann that “this is one of the coolest dog agility photos we have ever seen!”

Dog Or Mop

Here’s the caption straight from Reuters:

Eva Meyer watches her Puli dog ‘Fee’ during a photo call for a dog show in Dortmund April 24, 2008. More than 6,000 dogs will compete for the title of the best pedigree hound on May 2 to 4, 2008 in Dortmund.

What do you think? Dog or Mop? Do you have any interesting photos of your dog? If so, I’d love to see them and maybe post them here at Puppy In Training.