Your puppy’s first night at home. It’s definitely exciting…It’s definitely fun…Here are some things to think about before your puppy arrives at your home. It’s been about a year (UPDATE: Yowzers! It’s been almost 12 years now!) since I brought a 7 week old puppy named Stetson home from Guide Dogs of America (GDA). It made me […]
Adopting Your Next Puppy? Visit Irvine Shelters Pet Adoption Fair
The Irvine Pet Adoption is back for it’s 7th year! As far as we know Irvine Animal Shelter has two of these large Pet Adoption Fairs every year. The summertime event is dubbed the Super Pet Adoption. We actually recall going to one of the first ones with our (at the time) puppy in training, […]
4th Annual Fall Pet Days in Orange County
Do you guys remember the last time we visited the Pet Days event in Orange County? It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but I just took a look back at the archives and we went to the First Pet Days way back in 2008! I bet a lot has changed since then and […]
Volunteering With Tender Loving Canine Assistance Dogs (TLCAD)
Over the last 7 years I’ve been raising guide dog puppies for Guide Dogs of America (GDA) and recently I’ve been thinking about raising and training for another organization. Don’t get me wrong I love being a puppy raiser for GDA, but I’m very interested in learning new things while continuing to help one of […]
The Re-Launch of OCGDA.com
It feels like it’s been months since I wrote a blog post…wait a second it has been almost two months since I wrote my last post about the Shelter Me DVD at Redbox. Linda wrote the last published post on her Guide Dog Story. I must say stuff happens that sometimes gets in the way […]
Guide Dogs of America Open House 2012
I went over to the mail box today and pulled out a little postcard with information on the Guide Dogs of America Open House 2012. I’ve been raising guide dogs for Guide Dogs of America (GDA) since 2006 and every year I do my best to attend the GDA Open House in June as well […]