May 17, 2012

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 Ep13 – GDA Puppies And The March Of Dimes

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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 – 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. [...]

What’s Going On At PuppyInTraining.com?

Dublin at Panda Express

You may have noticed that we have not posted to the Puppy In Training Blog much over the past few weeks.  Not to worry…we haven’t just been sitting here idol.  In fact, we’ve been working our butt’s off on two major projects. Blog Redesign – creating a new design for the Puppy In Training site.  [...]

Guide Dogs of America Open House

Guide Dogs Open House

It’s been four years since I attended my first Guide Dogs of America Open House with a little black Labrador Retriever named Stetson.  I remember like it was yesterday.  Stetson was still young at six months old, but no longer that adorable puppy from months earlier…in fact he was at that awkward clumsy stage (little [...]

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

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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 [...]