“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” –Aristotle I thought I knew a lot about adopting career change and retired service dogs. That was until I started researching my ultimate list of service dog schools with adoption programs. Before I started researching I had an understanding of about a half dozen […]
The Ultimate List: Service Dog Schools With Adoption Programs
Hopefully you already read our article about how to adopt a retired service dog. If not, then take a look at our first article in this series: How Can I Adopt A Retired Service Dog Or Failed Guide Dog? Can you guide me to an organization in the Central NY area that have dogs that can […]
How Can I Adopt A Retired Service Dog or Failed Guide Dog?
So You’d Like To Adopt A Service Dog. It’s a common question we get at the Puppy In Training blog: “How can I adopt a retired service dog? or a failed guide dog?” (we like to substitute “career change” for the word “failed”). I’m not surprised by this question. Not all puppies in training make it as working […]
Service Dog Graduations Don’t Always Go As Planned :(
Not every day is a perfect day. Today was one of those less than perfect days. It was supposed to be a glorious day where friends and family witness the 18 months of hard work we put into preparing a puppy for work as a service dog. Unfortunately, it was not to be… Last week I […]
It’s Official…Adelle Is A Service Dog!
All the hard work we put into raising and training Adelle is finally paying off. We worked with her for nearly two years in preparation for her career as a service dog. The socialization at hockey games, movie theaters, grocery stores, shopping malls, and department stores. The countless hours of obedience classes at CST, PetSmart, […]
Monthly Puppy Progress Report: Archer 2 – 6 Months
Can you believe Archer is already 6 months old? We haven’t been diligent about tracking his progress…until now! You can expect to see a monthly puppy progress report that will track what’s going right and what’s going wrong with Archer’s service dog training. We’ll try to formalize this process in the coming month, but since this […]