Someone just shared this link with me on Facebook. I invite everyone to check it out. It is a short article written thy Temple Gandin about Service Dogs and some things to think about. I thought it was very interesting. .
http://kidcompanions.com/archives/5642
2 years ago at the Autism Conference in Green Bay I had the opportunity to talk and eat lunch with Temple Grandin. When I say we ate lunch I don't mean with 100 other people...it was her, myself, my demo dog - Barney, and a rep from a book publishing company...yes only 4 of us (including Barney). We talked in great detail about the benefits and uses of service dogs for these individuals.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Today's training adventures
Today (as in the days past but today I am posting about it) we separated the dogs and worked individually with each one of them and here is how it went.
Cena: Went very well. She worked with both me and each of my kids and she did very good. She loved jumping on me when I am sitting in the grass and give me hugs. We also worked her in the house quite a bit and it went very good.
Willow: Willow is simply a love. She was worked with both me and both of my kids. We did alot of walking...worked in the house today and she did very good.
Blue: Blue has had some fears of walking on the leash but each time we walk her by the time that her session is about 1/2 over she is walking beautifully and on a loose leash. She is REALLY good at the affection and is doing very good. She also worked with me and both of my kids today and spent alot of time in the house as well.
Rocco: Rocco is excellent at following along. Every once in a while he thinks that he wants to "take charge" but then we stop and he understands all over again what he is suppose to be doing. He is doing very good in his training and is VERY affectionate. He also worked with me and both of my kids and spent time in our house today.
Scout: Scout is working on the desensitization and temperment evaluations. We are working with him on some possible food aggression, but he is just new to the program and going to see how he progresses. He spent alot of time working with mainly both of my kids today and spent some time in the house as well.
Congo: Congo has a new name from my sister who has been doing alot of work with him. She absolutely loves this dog to no end. I think it is funny. Congo is doing very good walking on a leash, spent time in the house today. Worked mainly with my 2 kids and is a very confident dog.
Minnie: She is doing very good. She is afraid of the least in the beginning of the training process each day, but by the time that training is 1/2 over she is walking very nicely on a loose leash. She is very affectionate and prefers to be in your lap. She worked mainly with me today because of her fear on a leash. I want to make her comfortable before my kids start to work with her.
Omega: She is doing very good also, but has alot of the same walking on a leash fear like Minnie has. Just like Minnie she has this fear in the beginning of the training but by the time that 1/2 of the training session is over she is doing alot better. She seems to do alot better with my son working with him and he has alot of patience with him. She also spent some time in the house today.
Harley: She is doing pretty good. She is funny...she responds VERY well with my daughter but when it comes to me working with her she much rather be stubborn and not move. She spent the majority of the time working with my daughter and working in the the house.
After we were all done with the individual training we spent about another hour to hour and half in the dog yard doing alot of group work/play. The dogs were tired and mainly wanted to lay down and melt. It is only 92` outside today. UGH!!!!!
Cena: Went very well. She worked with both me and each of my kids and she did very good. She loved jumping on me when I am sitting in the grass and give me hugs. We also worked her in the house quite a bit and it went very good.
Willow: Willow is simply a love. She was worked with both me and both of my kids. We did alot of walking...worked in the house today and she did very good.
Blue: Blue has had some fears of walking on the leash but each time we walk her by the time that her session is about 1/2 over she is walking beautifully and on a loose leash. She is REALLY good at the affection and is doing very good. She also worked with me and both of my kids today and spent alot of time in the house as well.
Rocco: Rocco is excellent at following along. Every once in a while he thinks that he wants to "take charge" but then we stop and he understands all over again what he is suppose to be doing. He is doing very good in his training and is VERY affectionate. He also worked with me and both of my kids and spent time in our house today.
Scout: Scout is working on the desensitization and temperment evaluations. We are working with him on some possible food aggression, but he is just new to the program and going to see how he progresses. He spent alot of time working with mainly both of my kids today and spent some time in the house as well.
Congo: Congo has a new name from my sister who has been doing alot of work with him. She absolutely loves this dog to no end. I think it is funny. Congo is doing very good walking on a leash, spent time in the house today. Worked mainly with my 2 kids and is a very confident dog.
Minnie: She is doing very good. She is afraid of the least in the beginning of the training process each day, but by the time that training is 1/2 over she is walking very nicely on a loose leash. She is very affectionate and prefers to be in your lap. She worked mainly with me today because of her fear on a leash. I want to make her comfortable before my kids start to work with her.
Omega: She is doing very good also, but has alot of the same walking on a leash fear like Minnie has. Just like Minnie she has this fear in the beginning of the training but by the time that 1/2 of the training session is over she is doing alot better. She seems to do alot better with my son working with him and he has alot of patience with him. She also spent some time in the house today.
Harley: She is doing pretty good. She is funny...she responds VERY well with my daughter but when it comes to me working with her she much rather be stubborn and not move. She spent the majority of the time working with my daughter and working in the the house.
After we were all done with the individual training we spent about another hour to hour and half in the dog yard doing alot of group work/play. The dogs were tired and mainly wanted to lay down and melt. It is only 92` outside today. UGH!!!!!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Today's happenings
Today was a GREAT day at the facility. Cena did a WONDERFUL job with her little man (who she is going to be placed with eventually) during open house today. I really think that they are going to make a wonderful team together. All the dogs are doing very good in their training. Some of the smaller puppies who were a little on the skiddish side are starting to show some major improvements. In fact, Minnie decided today that she was going to take a liking to the vacuum cleaner. It was cute...she sat at (well actually ON my feet) and just looked at me when I was trying to vacuum. Kind of makes it hard to get the housework done. LOL.
I am going to be getting invoices out for the dog food within the next couple of days. With the short week (due to the 4th) I completely lost a day of work (in terms of computer work) and so I am a little behind on that. But just as a reminder to those of you who didn't pay the bill from last month....it is due upon receipt. I charge this onto my credit card and I have to pay a 9% interest fee if I don't get paid back for this dog food ~ simply because I don't have the funds to cover it for everyone's dogs. I have not had to charge this fee back to the families as of yet, but if I don't receive the payments I may have to in the future charge you that fee (as it is being charged to me) to recoup my cost in that. Please be responsible and pay that....I would appreciate it.
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather and I will post more later.
I am going to be getting invoices out for the dog food within the next couple of days. With the short week (due to the 4th) I completely lost a day of work (in terms of computer work) and so I am a little behind on that. But just as a reminder to those of you who didn't pay the bill from last month....it is due upon receipt. I charge this onto my credit card and I have to pay a 9% interest fee if I don't get paid back for this dog food ~ simply because I don't have the funds to cover it for everyone's dogs. I have not had to charge this fee back to the families as of yet, but if I don't receive the payments I may have to in the future charge you that fee (as it is being charged to me) to recoup my cost in that. Please be responsible and pay that....I would appreciate it.
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather and I will post more later.
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