August 1, 2015

My New Trainee

Service Dog Sizzle is now 8 1/2 years old. I was hoping my health would be better when the time came to start training her replacement, a process that I expect to take about 2 years, but the time is here.

My new prospect is another border collie, a young pup I've named Rex. I considered several different breeds this time around, taking into account that a larger dog would be more helpful with some tasks. In the end though, the unique character of the border collie breed outweighed (no pun intended) the benefits of a larger breed.

Right now we're mostly working on the basics of housebreaking, crate training, impulse control and recall. So far he is looking very promising.

Rex