A day in the life of Sunshine, 3 month old Leader Dog For the Blind Trainee
2) She spends her nights in a crate. Let's get this straight. It is not a cage. It is her home, and it is dark and comfy in there, with some of her favorite toys. She likes it there.
Puppies will not soil their bed unless they are in pain, so the crate is not just for night time. During house training pups spend a lot of time in the crate. We take her out every hour or two to relieve herself. While she does it, we chant "Park! Park! Good girl! Park!" We want her to learn the command "park". A Leader Dog working in an office will be taken outside to take care of business on command so her owner can get back to work. Why the command "park"? It's krap spelled backwards. You don't want to hear a blind person standing on the lawn outside an office chanting "Krap! Krap! Good girl! Krap!" do you?
It helps that my office is in my home. Other puppy raisers arrange with neighbors to get the puppy out regularly during the day. I seethe when I hear about people getting a pet dog, and then they leave it home all day and punish it for soiling the house or the crate.
Puppies will not soil their bed unless they are in pain, so the crate is not just for night time. During house training pups spend a lot of time in the crate. We take her out every hour or two to relieve herself. While she does it, we chant "Park! Park! Good girl! Park!" We want her to learn the command "park". A Leader Dog working in an office will be taken outside to take care of business on command so her owner can get back to work. Why the command "park"? It's krap spelled backwards. You don't want to hear a blind person standing on the lawn outside an office chanting "Krap! Krap! Good girl! Krap!" do you?
It helps that my office is in my home. Other puppy raisers arrange with neighbors to get the puppy out regularly during the day. I seethe when I hear about people getting a pet dog, and then they leave it home all day and punish it for soiling the house or the crate.
2) She spends her nights in a crate. Let's get this straight. It is not a cage. It is her home, and it is dark and comfy in there, with some of her favorite toys. She likes it there.
Puppies will not soil their bed unless they are in pain, so the crate is not just for night time. During house training pups spend a lot of time in the crate. We take her out every hour or two to relieve herself. While she does it, we chant "Park! Park! Good girl! Park!" We want her to learn the command "park". A Leader Dog working in an office will be taken outside to take care of business on command so her owner can get back to work. Why the command "park"? It's krap spelled backwards. You don't want to hear a blind person standing on the lawn outside an office chanting "Krap! Krap! Good girl! Krap!" do you?
It helps that my office is in my home. Other puppy raisers arrange with neighbors to get the puppy out regularly during the day. I seethe when I hear about people getting a pet dog, and then they leave it home all day and punish it for soiling the house or the crate.
Puppies will not soil their bed unless they are in pain, so the crate is not just for night time. During house training pups spend a lot of time in the crate. We take her out every hour or two to relieve herself. While she does it, we chant "Park! Park! Good girl! Park!" We want her to learn the command "park". A Leader Dog working in an office will be taken outside to take care of business on command so her owner can get back to work. Why the command "park"? It's krap spelled backwards. You don't want to hear a blind person standing on the lawn outside an office chanting "Krap! Krap! Good girl! Krap!" do you?
It helps that my office is in my home. Other puppy raisers arrange with neighbors to get the puppy out regularly during the day. I seethe when I hear about people getting a pet dog, and then they leave it home all day and punish it for soiling the house or the crate.
