A Guide Dog Puppy Raiser's Blog To Raising Dogs And Puppies
I know the day is almost over, but I’m always writing late at night. So please forgive me for this tardy post…maybe we can just call it an early notification for next years International Guide Dog Day. However, seeing how Dublin graduated from Guide Dog College just a few days ago I thought it was [...]
Mark your calendars everyone! Dublin is graduating guide dog college this Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 at 10:00am. I’m so excited for this graduation! I’ve been raising guide dog puppies for nearly 6 years now and Dublin is my first graduate…YAY FOR DUBLIN!!!! I hope everyone who’s been following along here on the Puppy In Training [...]
The third Tuesday of every month we have our Orange County Guide Dogs of America monthly meeting to work on basic obedience with our puppies, discuss upcoming events, and usually we have a topic dedicated for each month. Last month we had a round table discussion where each puppy raiser talked about themselves for a [...]
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 [...]
Before I opened up my Guide Dogs of America puppy manual I didn’t even know that guide dog puppies were not allowed to play with certain dog toys. It’s been more than 5 years since I first opened my puppy manual, but the dog toys on the “do not allow” list have been forever engrained [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We brought Dublin home when he was seven weeks old and that same day we started his guide dog puppy training. He’s already taken a puppy kindergarten class and a basic dog obedience training class. We will continue to enroll Dublin in dog obedience training classes until it’s time to turn him in fo formal [...]
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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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