May 17, 2012

Formal Guide Dog Training

Dublin Fade Toy

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 [...]

Orange County Transportation Authority Service Animal Training

OCTA Service Animal Training

One of our favorite guide dog puppy training events of the year is the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Service Animal Training.  Dublin and I had the opportunity to attend this wonderful event last year and lucky for us Dublin gets a second chance to enjoy this awesome event. If you are training a service [...]

Puppy In Training TV Ep13 – GDA Puppies And The March Of Dimes

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Just recently, Dublin, my guide dog puppy in training and I had the opportunity to work our guide dog booth at the March of Dimes – Race for Babies.  It’s a great opportunity for us to not only raise awareness about guide dogs and puppy raising, but also to expose Dublin to new situations and [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep12 – Orange County Pet Expo

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I’m sure many of your have been following the Puppy In Training blog for quite a while now so it’s no secret that the Orange County Pet Expo is one of our favorite events of the year.  In fact we probably never would have started this blog if it wasn’t for the OC Pet Expo. [...]

Do You Have Dog or Puppy Training Problems?

Do you have dog or puppy training problems? We’ve been writing to the Puppy In Training website for almost 4 years now and we often receive emails and comments asking us how to solve dog and puppy behavior problems. However, we have never really formally came out and asked “you” for your advice on what [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep7 – Puppy Train(ing) Ride

We recently had a great outing to San Clemente with our Orange County Guide Dogs of America Puppy Raising Group.  It started at the Metrolink train station in the city of Orange, a train ride down to San Clemente, a walk on the boardwalk, lunch, and play time for our puppies.  It was a great [...]

Puppy Sitting Report For Dublin

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 [...]

Guide Dog Puppy Evaluation – Dublin

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 [...]

Guide Dog Obedience Training

Guide Dog Obedience Training

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 [...]

Puppy Training Videos

Puppy Training Videos

That’s right!  We’re back to making Puppy Training videos starting with our new series called Puppy In Training TV! If you’ve been following us for a while you probably remember that we added some puppy product reviews on our personal YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/ckmorita.  However, this time we’ve stepped it up a level and created [...]