May 22, 2012

Monday Mischief – Puppies In Training And Fun At The Fire Station

Apache and the fire fighter

Apache here!  Monday’s my day!  Well and Linus and Stetson’s day too…Even though dad is feeling better now he still letting me take over the blog…YEAH!!! So what kind of mischief did we get into over the weekend?  Well I won’t really call it mischief, but me and all of my guide dog puppy in [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Golden Retriever Guide Dog Puppies: Apache and Einstein

Golden Retriever Guide Dog Puppies: Apache And Einstein

A Thank You Message From A Guide Dog Handler

Guide Dog Bau On The Train

We received a wonderful thank you message from a guide dog handler we met on Facebook and wanted to share her appreciation with all our readers especially our puppy raiser readers. As many of you already know I’m a guide dog puppy raiser for Guide Dogs of America.  If you’ve been following our blog then [...]

13 Tips To Prepare You For Your Pups Guide Dog Graduation

Dublin In Harness

It’s been just over a week since I heard that Dublin was graduating from Guide Dog College.  The first thing I did was rush home and put together a new episode of Puppy In Training TV announcing his graduation.  I told everyone on Facebook and Twitter.  I wrote a second blog post officially inviting everyone [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep19 – Lost Files – Sawdust Festival

Dublin at Panda Express

Some extreme awesomeness coming into today’s episode of Puppy In Training TV.  Rather than tell you exactly what’s going to happen I’d rather have you watch our latest video. As you can already tell from the title this is about visiting the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.  This was a great outing for Dublin [...]

3 Basic Puppy Training Tips Every Owner Should Know

My puppy, Dublin catching some sun rays.

I love puppies!  There cute, adorable, cuddly, and of course who can’t resist the famous puppy breath!  These things are all great, but once you get your new puppy home he will test your patience…seriously! I like to preach that people need to be consistent, persistent and patient when it comes to training.  Today I [...]

Why Guide Dog Puppies Should Not Be Confused As Sniffer Dogs

Guide Dog Puppy

Take a look at the logo in the upper right hand corner of this blog.  It says: “Puppy Training Tips From Our Experiences As Guide Dog Puppy Raisers”.  That’s exactly what we’ve been doing here at PuppyInTraining.com…offering puppy training tips! You’ve probably noticed that I’ve branched off quite a bit since the early days.  I [...]

Dublin’s Guide Dog Training Update

Yellow Labrador Retriever Pupppy

It’s been over 4 months since I dropped off Dublin at guide dog college.  I still think about him and how he’s doing just about every day.  I like posting some of his old puppy pictures to our Facebook page.  Every time I visit the Guide Dogs of America (GDA) campus I ask how he’s [...]

Dog Training Schools – A List Of Guide Dog Schools

Dog Training Schools

About 6 years ago I decided to volunteer my time with different animal groups and started off by becoming a volunteer foster home for puppies and dogs.  Shortly after fostering several litters of puppies I started looking around at different dog training schools, specifically dog training schools that provided guide dogs and service dogs to [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep 18 – Puppy Turn In Day

Black and White Lab Puppy

Make sure you bring a handkerchief for this episode of Puppy In Training TV because it’s a real tear jerker.  It seems just like yesterday that we picked up a 7 week old puppy from the “D” litter that we named Dublin.  As a guide dog puppy raiser we work on basic dog obedience training, [...]