Guide Dogs

Puppy Training Videos

by Colby on August 4, 2010

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 [...]

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What Are Good Dog Names?

by Colby on June 10, 2010

The question, What Are Good Dog Names? pops up quite frequently when you raise puppies.  For instance as a Guide Dog puppy raiser we choose a new puppy name every year or so.  When fostering a litter of puppies we often times have to come up with several puppy names in a short period of [...]

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Guide Dog Graduation

by Colby on May 5, 2010

As I mentioned the other day we attended the Guide Dogs of America Graduation and had the opportunity to see Derby’s (our second guide dog puppy in training) brother Dexter graduate and become a working Guide Dog. Guide Dog Graduation I enjoy going to the GDA graduations even though it’s a bit of a hike [...]

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Puppy Training

by Colby on March 22, 2010

When we first started writing to the Puppy In Training website our main focus was to chronicle the journey of my guide dog puppy, Stetson and share all of our experiences in puppy training and raising a guide dog. A couple months after Stetson started his formal guide dog training we were asked to raise [...]

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iPhone Puppy Raisers, There’s An App For That

by Colby on September 14, 2009

Are you an iPhone user?  If you’ve seen the commercials then you probably know there’s an iPhone app for just about anything you can think of.  Guess what?  There’s now even a free app for Puppy Raisers.  Guide Dogs of Texas Inc. has released a silly iPhone app for Guide Dog puppy raisers.  It’s very [...]

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How Would You Advertise Guide Dogs?

by Colby on August 10, 2009

How about Street Pole Ads?  It wasn’t my first choice either, but then again I can’t say that I would know the best way to market and advertise a business in South Africa.  Once again sifting through my RSS feed I came across an interesting article on Street Pole ads highlights SA Guide Dogs plight.  [...]

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Guide Dogs of America Open House 2009

by Colby on June 8, 2009

One of our favorite events of the year is coming up next weekend: the Guide Dogs of America Open House 2009.  We’ve attended the last two GDA open houses held in Sylmar, CA.  Two years ago Stetson participated, but didn’t place in the puppy trials.  Last year Stetson was “in for training” and Derby was [...]

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Japanese Guide Dogs

by Colby on January 16, 2009

I was reading through my RSS feed today and came across this funny quote from Twitter about Japanese Guide Dogs. Japanese guide dogs are taught commands in English. I guess “sit” is easier than “suwaranasai”. Especially if you’re a dog It gave me a good chuckle and since I’m Japanese-American (unfortunately I know very little [...]

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How Much Should I Feed My Puppy

by Colby on August 13, 2008

How Much Should I Feed My Puppy? is a question I’ve heard many times before, but now it’s my turn. It’s easy to follow the chart on the side of your dog food bag or follow the directions given to you by the Guide Dogs of America Training Department. However, what happens when you follow [...]

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Do you use Twitter? If you do feel free to be my friend and follow my Twitter activities at http://www.twitter.com/ckmorita. I use Twitter in conjunction with Google Reader to track what people are saying about Guide Dogs. It’s a great way to find little snippets and articles about any topic you choose. Of course you [...]

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