Brax
See, they are scary!
We are all laying down waiting for the ball to roll by
And now they are rolling balls right in front of our noses! How mean.
I am all worn out.
We are getting ready to work with treats.
For those of you who are just checking out this blog WELCOME!
This blog follows the life of a guide dog in training.
I raise guide dogs for the blind out of Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto FL (http://www.guidedogs.org/).
The past dogs I've raised are: Brax, Frankie, Toby & Rudy (click the links under the header picture to read more about each one).
I'm currently raising my 5th guide dog puppy "Brandon"
(male yellow Lab - D.O.B. 9-4-11), who I recived on October 30th 2011.
I will keep Brandon for about 12-16 months, then he'll head
IFT (In For Training) back to the guide dog school for 6-8 months of training (plus evaulations) with "professinal" trainers and hopefully will then graduate with a blind person. *Please note though, that only 1 out of every 12 dogs will get "Carrer Changed" due to medical/training issues* I do currently have a guide dog puppy down at the guide dog school (Rudy) who is in "phase 3" (last phase of training) and will hopefully get placed with a blind person soon.
Please feel free to follow -
"Brandon's Life... As a Guide Dog In Training"
Enjoy!
Brandon's Raiser
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3 comments:
This is Hope and Muffin. Where is the picture I took of you, maybe it is there and I just did not know. Hopefully the picture was a good one.
Hope
WOW BRAX!! How scary!! I would have screamed! I'm very glad that you were one of the good dogs. I don't like bad dogs. JK! Those treats are very tempting. Good job Brax!! Keep it up!!
Cate & Levi Maranatha
Treats and balls and scary faces. Oh My! And you did everything you were supposed to. I'm so proud of you. Maybe next time you'll get to wear a harness.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Betty
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