Anyone wanting to Train their own, or just want to learn more about Service Dogs. If you just love dogs and
want to help with our cause in getting all service Dogs and Service Dogs in training the Legal rights to
public access. Join us and together we can make all the changes in the law so that everyone will benefit.
Our school is non-profit foundation and will be seeking registered charity stat. Did you know that they
help people every day and that service dogs are being trained as:
Assistance dogs:
A dogs trained to aid a person with Spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's, Cerebral Palsy, just to name a few
Hearing Ear Dogs:
these dogs are trained to aid a person with a hearing impairment of any degree.
Seizure Alert/Response Dogs:
Dogs trained to alert to impending seizure and stay with that person to comfort them when they come out of
seizure. We are also teaching our dogs to keep their handlers safe.
Guide Dog:
Dogs trained to aid a person who is visual impaired
Support Dogs:
These dogs help in some many ways.
Autism Dogs:
Dogs can open a whole new world for both child and parents. Our dogs are being trained to stop the child from
bolting. Dogs are being trained to so much more we have not even touched the surface. Some dogs can even smell
cancer.
Dogs are a gift from God.
Most of the animals that will be used for training to become: We will try to get our dogs from the SPCA' s,
Purebred Rescue, and Donations.
February 15, 2000
We are looking for three dogs that will be trained. The Law here has hit a small bump but we are still
hopeful that we will have the law here in Alberta before to long. I am still looking for the right parcel
of land to build the School this week we are hoping to check out three different sites. Sayde and
Dusty are still doing great, Dusty has not started going to school with Sayde yet but we hope soon. Dusty
does not like Sayde going out her, so she waits up stairs in their room just before it is time for Sayde
to come home for lunch or after school she comes down stairs and waits at the door for her. Sayde and
Dusty are so strongly bonded that there are time we forget they where always together. I will be up
dating this page as needed and when we start the building progresses we will post the on going
March 2000
I now have three puppies in training. They are Lab/ Blue Heeler crosses and two 15 mths old labs also in
training. These guys will be ready to start going out in public soon As of today we are well into in the
mean time we are going to be working on their Obedience skills. I must tell everyone who visits this site
that a Wonderful breeder by the name of Mary Kelso of Snowyriver Labradors has been so very generous,
she has donated five labs for us to us for training as new Service dogs and she will also be breeding
us a whole liter in 2001.
We will never be able to say Thank you to her, If there are Angels out there working she is most definitely
one.
We where also at the Chamber of Commerce of Pigeon Lake with Jasper, so we could talk to them about
Jasper and other Service Dogs. I had Smokey and Jasper with me this was Jasper first trip out in public
and a restaurant he did great he stayed on his mat never once did he try to eat off the table. We had
one small problem when everyone clapped Jasper had never heard that sound before so he bolted under
the table but came back out quite fast the rest of the night I rewarded him for his staying and the good
April 2000
To date training is going well and the puppies are picking up things quite fast. We have done an
interview with the St Albert Gazette. We are going to Calgary in June to the Cerebral Palsy Open House
to do a talk about our Dogs and why someone would choose to have a Service Dog. Wanda is going to be
coming with me to also talk because she does have CP so it is important that She Tell why she choice to
get a Service Dog
May 2000
We spent most of this month working on the come command and getting everyone into crates
June 2000
From June first to fourth we where in Calgary because we where invited to the Cerbal Palsy Assoc.
Open House. This was a great chance for us to tell people about our Dogs and what they do.
July 2000
We have been staying in the Jockey Motel with all TEN Dogs the motels has treated us great and
they where really good about the dogs.
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