May 17, 2012

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 [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep2 – Take Your Dog To Work

Episode 2 – Take Your Dog To Work Welcome to the second episode of Puppy In Training TV – Take Your Dog To Work.  You’ll notice at the end of the episode we thank our sponsors.  If you’d like to sponsor an episode then please visit our Puppy In Training TV Sponsorship page. Enjoy this weeks puppy training [...]

Guide Dog Surprise For American Idol’s Scott MacIntyre

I saw this article early in the week on Paula Abdul Surprises Idol’s Scott MacIntyre with Guide Dog, but I’m just finally getting a chance to post a short article.  Actually throughout the week my RSS reader has been filling up with other articles and commentary about Paula Abdul’s Surprise Guide Dog. American Idol Star [...]

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

GDF Logo

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 [...]

How To Socialize Your Dog On The Bus

Egan The Black And Tan Lab

Unfortunately most dogs don’t get the chance to socialize and learn to ride on a bus. However, lucky for us Derby and I will get the chance to learn how to properly ride the bus thanks to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). This Saturday, October 4th OCTA is offering free training that teaches service [...]

Guide Dogs In Action

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Just the other day I received a short blog article from Google Alerts about a person’s experience or actually eye witness of a fully trained guide dog in action. Lucky for me I see guide dogs in action almost on a daily basis. There’s a lady who walks by our office with her guide dog [...]

Do All Puppies In Training Become Guide Dogs?

Puppy In Training

Unfortunately the answer to this question: Do All Puppies In Training Become Guide Dogs? is no, not all Guide Dog Puppies in Training will become Guide Dogs. As a Guide Dog puppy raiser many people come up to me and ask questions about Stetson (my guide dog puppy in training). The most common question is [...]

Interview A Guide Dog Puppy Raiser

Stetson and Me

If you’ve been reading through the service dog blogosphere then you’ve probably come across these Puppy Raiser interview questions in the past week. Last week I was reading through my list of service dog blogs in google reader and kept coming across this questionnaire put together by Erin. So to keep up with the other [...]

Puppy In Training Progress Report

Little Stetson

As you all know I’m raising a Pure-Bred Black Labrador Retriever named Stetson to be a Guide Dog for the non-profit organization Guide Dogs of America. One of my duties as a Guide Dog puppy raiser is to fill out a puppy raising monthly progress report. I’ve been wanting to share the information I send [...]