May 23, 2012

Puppy In Training TV – Ep 17 – Dogs At Disneyland

Dublin and Gentry Guide Dog Puppies

Today we’re going to find out if Disneyland is the happiest place on earth for doggies too. We took our guide dog puppy, Dublin to Downtown Disney when he was about 6 months old, but we usually don’t take our guide dog pups to the actual Disneyland park until they’re over 12 months old.  In [...]

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 In Training TV Ep13 – GDA Puppies And The March Of Dimes

march-of-dimes

Just recently, Dublin, my guide dog puppy in training and I had the opportunity to work our guide dog booth at the March of Dimes – Race for Babies.  It’s a great opportunity for us to not only raise awareness about guide dogs and puppy raising, but also to expose Dublin to new situations and [...]

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 [...]

Golden Retriever Puppy Socialization

We do a lot with our guide dog puppies in training including working on good house manners and puppy socialization.  Today’s video is a great demonstration on both socializing your puppy with other pets in your house, in this case a cat, as well as working on teaching your puppy good house manners. In the [...]

Puppy In Training TV – Ep8 – The Getty Museum

Every time we drive up to visit the Guide Dogs of America campus just past Westwood where the hills begin we always see a tram slowly driving up the hill to the Getty Museum.  Over the past four years I’ve often thought the Getty would be a great place to work on guide dog puppy [...]

3 Tips On How To Train Your Dog Like A Guide Dog

Colby and Derby

Aren’t you amazed when you see a Guide Dog in public! They have to be some of the most well-behaved dogs I’ve ever seen. A guide dog has to ignore all the distractions going on around him and concentrate on his job of leading his handler safely to his destination. Have you ever asked yourself: [...]