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At Union station trip with Stetson guide pet dog Puppy In TrainingStetson was my very first guide pet dog puppy in training.
He was the reason I started this blog.
It’s been over a month considering that Stetson passed.
Yesterday, I was speaking to my other half as well as she stated our 2 year old child told her that she missed Stetsie. I almost broke down as well as cried…I miss him too…
Guide pet dog Puppy In Training
October 2006, I made the decision to dedicate the next 18 months to increasing a guide pet dog puppy.
I sent applications to guide Dogs for the Blind, guide Dogs of the Desert, as well as guide Dogs of America.
On February 9th, 2007, I made the two hour drive to Sylmar, California to the guide Dogs of America school as well as chosen up my very first Puppy In Training, Stetson!
Rewind a bit…
The day I discovered out I was going to raise a puppy I likewise made a decision I was going to produce a blog chronicling his journey to ended up being a guide dog.
It took about 6 months to lastly get the blog up as well as running as well as on August 1st, 2007 I composed my very first blog publish (Ha! it was a publish about my other dog, Linus).
Stetson was one hard puppy to train. He didn’t like his crate, he was not the very best when it pertained to potty training, as well as he was barked, whined, as well as wept a lot of of his very first month with us ?
The great news is without all Stetson’s early puppy issues we would not have published a few of our a lot of prominent blog posts.
In truth I had a visitor last week tell me she believes she may have a “Stetson”. Here’s her precise quote:
“I believe we have a Stetson. This is my fourth puppy as well as fifth dog. We got him three weeks back at 9 weeks old…he still barks for 20-40 minutes before he settles down every time…” –M.B.
Stetson tradition will online on lots of years after his passing.
Picking up Stetson our very first guide pet dog Puppy In TrainingGood Boy, Stetson
By the time Stetson was 16 weeks old we believed he was the best puppy. He was a quick learner, obedient, attentive, as well as he stopped barking, crying, whining (we believed he lost his voice).
Stetson went with me everywhere. a few of our preferred outings:
Our very first motion picture together: Eragon. I keep in mind this since it made me recognize action motion pictures are most likely not the very best very first motion picture for a puppy.
Metrolink train trip to Union station with about 20 other guide pet dog puppies.
Disneyland with my brother, sibling in law, as well as mother. We road Pirates of the Caribbean. After the waterfalls Stetson laid down as well as took a bit siesta.
Walk trough primary location shopping center – Today we online about 5 minutes from this mall. I even composed a blog publish about the charming photo I took of our group out front. I believe it was likewise Stetson’s very first glass elevator ride.
A day at the beach. guide pet dog puppies aren’t enabled at pet dog beach. However, we were able to take him to the public beach. When Stetson very first stepped on the sand he didn’t understand what to make of it so he stuck his open mouth into it as well as thrashed his head. thankfully I had a bottle of water to laundry the sand out of his mouth. ?
When Stetson turned 16 months he went back to guide Dogs of America to begin his formal training.
Stetson went to guide pet dog college for 2 months as well as choose guide dogging wasn’t for him as well as came back house to online with me as a permanently pet.
DID YOU KNOW: Stetson’s name was nearly Sancho? When selecting puppy names at guide Dogs of America they provide you a letter (“S”) as well as then you provide them a listing of names starting keeping that letter. I discovered the old email with my listing of “S” names:
Stetson
Snoopy (my dog’s name is Linus)
Simba
Satchmo
Sancho
I’m pleased we went with Stetson.
Dog Sniffer Extraordinaire
Look at this photo as well as tell me you can’t see the interest oozing from Stetson’s jowls:
Stetson at Sniffer Class. He liked K9 Nosework.After Stetson occupation altered as well as ended up being our permanently pet dog we enrolled him in K9 Nosework classes. Stetson had two joys in his life:
Sleeping on our bed
Food
K9 Nosework ended up being his 3rd joy. Besides meal time it was the only other time you saw extreme enjoyment from Steston.
We did Nosework training with Stetson for a couple years ideal up up until Dublin’s graduation when we took a bit hiatus. We returned to class about a year later. Unfortunately, the fitness instructors were utilizing a little office area rather than the big training facility at Wags as well as Wiggles. Nosework wasn’t the exact same at the new facility so we ended up quitting as well as working with Stetson on our own.
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