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More classes

In the spring our local obedience trainer offers basic obedience classes to prepare dogs and owners for the CGC test. (Canine Good Citizenship certificate) Here is a link from AKC that describes more about it if you need information. https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/Continue reading

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Visiting

Hope loves visiting people. Hope loves people, period. A couple weeks ago we went with our friends to sing at the convalescent home in town. After getting through the front door, Hope charged down the hallway pulling on the leash … Continue reading

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Class time

Last week Dickens started his advanced CGC (or Community CGC) class. To enroll in the Community CGC class a dog first has to pass the basic CGC class. Here is a link that explains the things a dog needs to … Continue reading

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Outreach

I’ve mentioned this before, but once a month a group from church visits a local nursing home to sing with the residents. This month it was Bialy’s turn to do some “visiting”.It’s much safer to have your dog contained in … Continue reading

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Hope’s big adventure

Our church family has been visiting one particular nursing home since our kids were knee high to a grasshopper. Our scheduled day is the third Saturday of each month. We go for an hour and sing with/for the residents. I … Continue reading

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Marie’s first big trip

Since Marie is here in our Progressive Puppy Program we try to incorporate her into our activities. Last Saturday was the day our church group goes to town to sing  with the residents of a local nursing home. Guess who … Continue reading

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A monthly visit 

Yesterday was our church’s monthly visit to a local nursing home where we sing with the residents there. Well, some of us just try to “make a joyful noise”. 😉 We’ve been going there since our youngest was about six. … Continue reading

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