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As a guide pet dog puppy sitter and raiser I deal with the exact same as well as new difficulties with each puppy. I’m regularly reminded of lessons as well as puppy training tips I learned over the years.
Ever considering that we dropped Apache off at guide pet dog college to begin his “formal” education Linus, Stetson, as well as I feel like we’ve been non-stop puppy sitters.  If only it was a paying gig we’d be rich!!!
We like volunteering our time to assist out the community.  In the past we utilized to volunteer with a number of non-profit organizations including habitat For Humanity, working Wardrobes, as well as the special Olympics.  More just recently we made a decision we wished to assist dogs/puppies as well as began fostering homeless dogs as well as pups for one of our regional animal rescues.
Puppy Sitter For guide Dogs of America
That brings us to our present volunteer activity as guide pet dog puppy raisers.  We like being puppy raisers!  We get the chance to bring house future guide pet dog pups at around 7 weeks of age as well as train them in fundamental obedience, socialization, as well as great home manners up until they are around 18 months old.

Yes, it is tough to provide them up after putting so much time, effort, as well as like into them, however it’s all worth it knowing that our pups will step on to assist a visually impaired person regain their independence.
That brings us to the past weeks task as guide pet dog puppy sitters:
#1 Tasha – A 4 Month Old Yellow Labrador Retriever
Last Tuesday we helped puppy sit little Tasha at our group meeting.  Tasha was a little bit restless as well as anxious at the meeting.  So we worked with Tasha so her handler might have a little break as well as go over our puppy raiser manual with a few of our other puppy raisers.  At 4 months old Tasha is extremely mouthy as her adult teeth are coming in.
Tasha getting tubed at Puppy Kindergarten…Brea watches…PUPPY training idea #1: If you have a mouthy puppy make sure you get great deals of different textured pet dog toys including KONG’s, pressed rawhides, plush toys, nylabones, etc.  When your pup bites down on your hand slowly eliminate your hand as well as replace with one of the toys as well as let them chew on the toy rather than your body part.

A second thing that you can try is utilizing Bitter Apple Spray (affiliate link).  Spray a little bit on your hand as well as let your puppy put his mouth on your hand.  Most pups truly don’t like the taste of the Bitter Apple Spray as well as will ultimately discover not to bite your hands.
#2 Treacle – A 13 Month Old Black Labrador Retriever
Next up was Treacle!  Treacle had a 2 day stay with us so she might work on mingling with other dogs (Stetson as well as Linus).  She did excellent as well as had a little bit of play time with her new friend Linus.  We likewise took a great long walk on the golf course, went to lunch together, as well as lastly got to enjoy an awesome roller hockey game!  Go team NDENSUM!
Treacle was extremely great with our dogs as well as played like a lady.  However, we have heard she often isn’t so lady-like as well as can be extremely rough during her play time. So we at first introduced her to Linus as well as Stetson on leash, however soon discovered out she did just also interacting with the kids off leash.

Treacle, guide pet dog pup as well as golfer!PUPPY training idea #2: Does your puppy play as well rough with your older dog?  Try keeping your puppy on leash when he is interacting with your older pet dog that method you can much better control any type of inappropriate behavior.
#3 Sable – A 15 Month Old German Shepherd Dog
Finally, the past 2 days we enjoyed Sable.  There are extremely few German Shepherd Dogs in our guide pet dog program so we felt extremely lucky that we had the chance to enjoy Sable.  German Shepherds as well as Labrador Retrievers are extremely different breeds.  Lucky for us we had great deals of experience with German Shepherds when we were fostering puppies.
Sable was a extremely great girl, however the only genuine issue we had was having her “get busy”.  She refused to potty!  It took her almost 24 hours before she agreed to make #1 as well as #2 while she was in our care.  It was extremely similar to when we took Linus camping.  He would not potty in the dirt (he was utilized to going on the grass).  Again it took over 24 hours to lastly get him to potty on the dirt.

Sable providing us a great down-stay with the little head tilt…PUPPY training idea #3: Make sure you train your puppy to potty on all different surfaces.  You never understand when you’ll want him to go potty somewhere other than the grass.  Guide dogs travel anywhere with their handlers as well as requirement to potty on command anytime, annull