May 17, 2012

Puppy In Training TV – Ep 16 – Guide Dog Pups Visit The Fire Station

Puppy With Firefighter

We’ve been raising guide dog puppies for the past 5 years and we had always heard about visiting the fire station, but after raising Stetson then Derby and now Dublin we had never visited fire fighters or a fire station until today! Visiting fire fighters and a fire station is a great outing for our [...]

Puppy Raiser Questionnaire – In For Training

Dublin and Guide Dog School

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 [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep15 – Guide Dogs Of America Open House

GDA Open House

The Guide Dogs of America Open House is held every June in Sylmar, California.  This year Dublin, my guide dog puppy in training and I attended the event. There’s a ton of stuff going on at the GDA open house.  Puppies in training have the opportunity to participate in the puppy trials (we arrived too [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep14 – Trains, Trams, Buses, And Puppies

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It’s important for us to take our guide dog puppies in training out and about exposing them to different people as well as different situations.  Dublin and I rode the metrolink to San Clemente back in Episode 7 – Puppy Training Ride.  Today in Episode 14 we had the opportunity to once again ride the [...]

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 – 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. [...]

How I Became A Guide Dog Puppy Raiser

German Shepherd Puppies

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 [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep10 – Puppy Training In The Snow And Bass Pro Shop

bass-pro-shop

Shortly after one of the last snow storms of the season Dublin and I headed out to the local mountains to work on puppy training in the snow and to check out the Bass Pro Shop. Dublin is my third Guide Dog Puppy In Training, but the first to have the opportunity to visit 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 [...]