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 […]
What Is An Emotional Support Animal (ESA)?
Emotional Support Animal (ESA) – as defined by Wikipedia: “An emotional support animal (ESA) is a companion animal which provides therapeutic benefit, such as alleviating or mitigating some symptoms of the disability, to an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability. Emotional support animals are typically dogs and cats, but may include other animals. In order to be prescribed an emotional support […]
What Are The 5 Main Objectives Of A Service Dog Puppy Raiser?
We’ve been puppy raising for over 9 years now! Almost into the double digits baby!!! During that time we’ve puppy sat a countless number of guide and service dog puppies, raised/trained 4 guide dog puppies, 1 service dog puppy, and we’re currently raising our second service dog puppy in training. Tack on top of that raising our […]
Word Wednesday – Jubilant Puppy In Training
Jubilant adjective showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony. Take a look at the picture above: Archer is a jubilant puppy trying to show his buddy Raven his favorite rat toy. If you have a Labrador Retriever pup like Archer I’m sure from time […]
NHL Rookie Sensation, Max Domi And His Diabetic Alert Dog
Check out the above video! It encapsulates two of my passions in life: 1. Service Dogs 2. Hockey. Arizona Coyotes, Max Domi has taken the NHL by storm leading all rookies with 8 goals in his first 16 games thats a 41 goal pace folks, which if he can continue at that rate would put […]
Service Dog Puppy Raising In Orange County, California
You’ve seen our past puppies: Stetson, Derby, Dublin, and Apache wore a yellow Guide Dogs of America (GDA) jacket. Adelle wore a maroon Canine Suport Teams (CST) jacket. Now you might be wondering why Archer is wearing a blue jacket without a logo. Read on to find out what’s up with Archer’s jacket… I love puppy […]