It sounds like tomorrow is the last day for the nice temps, however it is suppose to rain. This means that we are done with our BEAUTIFUL 75 -80` weather with plenty of sunshine. It is going to be getting cold like temps in the 50's and rain for the rest of the week.
Training will be intersting as everyone in our house is sick - that is going to sure make it fun it terms of being outside in the wind, rain and cold doing training but it ought to make for some very intersting stories.
Happy Monday everyone and watch for details on how this week goes with the training.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
A note about maintaining training
JUST AS A NOTE: It is really important to maintin the training on your service dog. Compassionate Paws, Inc. provides the preliminary training. We get the dog ready to go to you. Obedience, housebreaking (even though none of it is perfect and will not be in a 1 year old dog), and the specialized training that they will do for their "person". We get the dogs prepared for all of this.
Once the dog is placed it doesn't mean that the training can stop. Each on of the dogs here are worked with at a minimium of 1 hour a day of individualized training time which is 30 minutes more than most kennel clubs would recommend spending. THEN we spend at least 30 minutes (and that depends on the weather outside) with group socialization time working with the dogs. These things need to be maintained when the dogs are placed into their forever homes. If these things are not maintained you will have ended up with a very expensive house pet.
We make sure to inform all our clients on the importance of the maintanence of the training - it is going to be one of the most important aspects IF NOT THE MOST important aspect once your dog is permanently living in your home. PLEASE take the advise that we are giving you. We want to see you succeed because when you succeed - we succeed.
We don't live with you...we can only advise you. If you chose to not take our advise the placement of the service dog in your home YOU - NOT YOUR SERVICE DOG will fail.
These are things to keep in mind when receiving your service dog.
Once the dog is placed it doesn't mean that the training can stop. Each on of the dogs here are worked with at a minimium of 1 hour a day of individualized training time which is 30 minutes more than most kennel clubs would recommend spending. THEN we spend at least 30 minutes (and that depends on the weather outside) with group socialization time working with the dogs. These things need to be maintained when the dogs are placed into their forever homes. If these things are not maintained you will have ended up with a very expensive house pet.
We make sure to inform all our clients on the importance of the maintanence of the training - it is going to be one of the most important aspects IF NOT THE MOST important aspect once your dog is permanently living in your home. PLEASE take the advise that we are giving you. We want to see you succeed because when you succeed - we succeed.
We don't live with you...we can only advise you. If you chose to not take our advise the placement of the service dog in your home YOU - NOT YOUR SERVICE DOG will fail.
These are things to keep in mind when receiving your service dog.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
New addition to our training family
"Zach" a VERY adorable Golden Retreiver puppy (approx 7 weeks old) was added into our training family yesterday (photos are below). He is extremely playful and happy and loves to get into trouble. My daughter and her best friend got home from school yesterday (yes, her best friend was at our house) and when I could not find them - I finally decided to make it to the kennel and there the girls were sitting in the kennel playing with Zach.
Rocco has been also making HUGE progress over the last 2 weeks. Any anxiety seems to be gone and his should be placed with his forever home within the next couple weeks.
We are sending out our 1st edition of our newsletter this week, so be watching for it. If you are not already on our mailing list (this will come through e-mail) and wish to get a copy of it or know of anyone that would like to get a copy of it please let us know and we will be glad to add them so that they get a copy of it as well.
For now,here are a couple of photos of Zach napping on the couch with Loren yesterday afternoon. Hopefully the photos come through ok. Again, computers are not my strength.
Rocco has been also making HUGE progress over the last 2 weeks. Any anxiety seems to be gone and his should be placed with his forever home within the next couple weeks.
We are sending out our 1st edition of our newsletter this week, so be watching for it. If you are not already on our mailing list (this will come through e-mail) and wish to get a copy of it or know of anyone that would like to get a copy of it please let us know and we will be glad to add them so that they get a copy of it as well.
For now,here are a couple of photos of Zach napping on the couch with Loren yesterday afternoon. Hopefully the photos come through ok. Again, computers are not my strength.
Monday, October 3, 2011
I'm Back!!!!!!
So, it has been a while since I have written anything on here and have been reminded of that by some WONDERFUL clients :). It has been extremely busy. August we traveled to California to do a placement and that went really good while we were there, but since we got back and in the weeks between now and then the family sent us back a dog that was starved and abused. They didn't do what was instructed of them and therefore the placement didn't work...and we got back a broken dog. September we managed to do 2 placements. Both of them went very nicely and I think will be highly successful.
Since the last post (I think it was July sometime) Loren (my husband) has come on full time with us as well. THAT has been a blessing in disguise!!!! And that is to say it mildly. He is wonderful working with the dogs and gives them the aspect of a man giving commands so that it isn't always the females that the dogs pay most attention to. He works with them for a while outside then he brings them into the house for me to work with for a while (while I am doing computer/phone work) and then we have group training time in the dog yard after that. It is working so nicely and I am happy to have him working with us.
Other than that, nothing really new to post. There are so many up and coming changes that are taking place and for the good. I am working on and will HOPEFULLY be able to get our first edition of our newsletter out this week. Just working on some finishing touches with that. I am starting to create a nice database of people just wanting to "follow" us which is really important as well. Things are just really going in the right direction.
This month I don't have ANY placements (not sure what I am going to do with myself cuz I am so used to doing placements). In November I have 2 set up and will have 1 in December. So it will be a very busy rest of the year here.
So for now, keep an eye out for the newsletter - it will be e-mailed to everyone. If you see something that you would like to see changed (let me know) or if it isn't quite right, remember.......I am a dog trainer, not a computer person so I have not much idea how to do these things....I am learning as I go along.
Hope everyone has a nice week and I am going to make it a habit to do the blog on a more frequent basis, but if not (at least weekly) bug me about it....that usually helps. LOL
Vicki
Since the last post (I think it was July sometime) Loren (my husband) has come on full time with us as well. THAT has been a blessing in disguise!!!! And that is to say it mildly. He is wonderful working with the dogs and gives them the aspect of a man giving commands so that it isn't always the females that the dogs pay most attention to. He works with them for a while outside then he brings them into the house for me to work with for a while (while I am doing computer/phone work) and then we have group training time in the dog yard after that. It is working so nicely and I am happy to have him working with us.
Other than that, nothing really new to post. There are so many up and coming changes that are taking place and for the good. I am working on and will HOPEFULLY be able to get our first edition of our newsletter out this week. Just working on some finishing touches with that. I am starting to create a nice database of people just wanting to "follow" us which is really important as well. Things are just really going in the right direction.
This month I don't have ANY placements (not sure what I am going to do with myself cuz I am so used to doing placements). In November I have 2 set up and will have 1 in December. So it will be a very busy rest of the year here.
So for now, keep an eye out for the newsletter - it will be e-mailed to everyone. If you see something that you would like to see changed (let me know) or if it isn't quite right, remember.......I am a dog trainer, not a computer person so I have not much idea how to do these things....I am learning as I go along.
Hope everyone has a nice week and I am going to make it a habit to do the blog on a more frequent basis, but if not (at least weekly) bug me about it....that usually helps. LOL
Vicki
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Temple Grandin on Service Dogs - check out this link
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.
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.
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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