I should get my butt of the boards and to bed. lol
We are in the process of recieving one. Should be with us in a few weeks. My son is really excited. They are going to train my son as well on how to give the dog commands . We recieve the dog as a puppy so the two of them can bond and then when the puppy is old enough he goes into formal training.
We will get to meet the guy that trains them in a few weeks and also they will have Golden retrievers with them that are in the training process so we will get a really neat gimpse into what the future will hold for our puppy.
The woman I am getting my dog from is amazing! Her daughter is actaully a epileptic who as a child was denied a dog multiple times because they said she was to young to care for one . Her mom actually went and purchased their own trainable dog and brought it to a trainer so she could have one herself. She decided when she grew up she would start her own non-profit org. that would allow any child that needed one to be able to have one. ( As long as you can care for the dog properly of course)
They even do gathering every year at Disney Land . They train all the dogs and owners how to manage the parks and also there is some kind of test you can take. ( cant remember what she meant about that)
No suprise of course but she said that Disney is really amazing with accomodating them. They even do special cleanings of all the rooms. And the chefs like always are really great. I am so glad to hear how they are because our dog will see more Mickey Mouse than 10 average americans! lol
We will be taking our dog this winter and I have no idea how it will be! Like everytrip a huge adventure I am sure. I was talking with a cast member and suprised to learn the dogs can ride most rides!!! I guess we will se how well that goes.
We are in the process of recieving one. Should be with us in a few weeks. My son is really excited. They are going to train my son as well on how to give the dog commands . We recieve the dog as a puppy so the two of them can bond and then when the puppy is old enough he goes into formal training.
We will get to meet the guy that trains them in a few weeks and also they will have Golden retrievers with them that are in the training process so we will get a really neat gimpse into what the future will hold for our puppy.
The woman I am getting my dog from is amazing! Her daughter is actaully a epileptic who as a child was denied a dog multiple times because they said she was to young to care for one . Her mom actually went and purchased their own trainable dog and brought it to a trainer so she could have one herself. She decided when she grew up she would start her own non-profit org. that would allow any child that needed one to be able to have one. ( As long as you can care for the dog properly of course)
The owners of the organization is a huge Disney fan . She was saying she names all the dogs after Disney characters even. They also do gathering every year at Disney Land . They train all the dogs and owners how to manage the parks and also there is some kind of test you can take. ( cant remember what she meant about that)
No suprise of course but she said that Disney is really amazing with accomodating them. They even do special cleanings of all the rooms. I am so glad to hear how they are because our dog will see more Mickey Mouse than 20 average americans! lol
We will be taking our dog this winter and I have no idea how it will be! Like every trip a huge adventure I am sure. I was talking with a cast member and suprised to learn the dogs can ride most rides!!! I guess we will se how well that goes.
So this is a way of labeling your child as disabled?
I really don't understand where this will stop. Can my nieces have dogs because they have asthma & food allergies? Me because I have food allergies & migraines? Folks that have had heart attacks should also be entitled because they are at high risk of another heart incident?
I guessing most people on line have either themselves or a loved one with diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, etc. Where do you draw the line?
I think this is a very slippery slope.
The problem that I see with getting a puppy and not a fully trained dog is I believe that the dropout rate for service dogs is pretty high. I found a reference that it's as high as 50%. While organizations know what breeds are better than others for certain tasks, they cannot know if an individual dog will be suitable until they start to train it. For instance, standard poodles are supposed to be smart and my dog's father was trained for agility. My dog is as dumb as a rock.
