SERVICE DOGS
JACKNIC
THIS PROJECT STARTED WITH MY GOOD FRIEND BRIDGET COLE, WHO
INTRODUCED ME TO SISTER PAULINE AND THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF DONATING
A PUPPY OR TWO FOR SR PAULINE'S PRISON PROGRAM. YOU CAN READ ABOUT
SR PAULINE AND HER WONDERFUL WORK WITH DOGS AND PRISON INMATES AT
October 2009
WE MET SR PAULINE AND HER
FRIENDS AT MACKINAC CITY TO
DELIVER HER THE PUPPIES. THE
PLAN WAS FOR TWO PUPPIES
BUT WHEN SR PAULINE ASKED
FOR THREE--WELL WHO COULD
TELL HER "NO"?
OUR THREE PUPS FROM OUR
TUCKER/RITA LITTER BORN 2009.
THE PUPPIES CONTINUE THEIR
TRAINING AND WILL BE TESTED
FOR THEIR ABILITY TO GO INTO
SERVICE WORK TRAINING IN 2010.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING
EVENTS I HAVE HAD AS A BREEDER. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO SENDING MORE
PUPPIES TO PRISON! :)
OUR LATEST PRISON RECRUIT--
GILLETTE  NOW NAMED "ZAYVAN"  
A PEDRO & GERDA PUPPY.  HAS
ALREADY STARTED HIS YEAR LONG
TRAINING AT AN ATTEMPT TO
BECOME A SERVICE DOG. IT IS
VERY INTENSE TRAINING AND THE
DOGS HAVE TO SCORE 100 % TO
GO ON TO FURTHER TRAINING TO
BECOME A FULL FLEDGE SERVICE
DOG.

THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN TRAINED
IN BASIC OBEDIENCE ALONG WITH
HELPFUL COMMANDS LIKE --
PICKING UP DROPPED ITEMS,
TURNING ON AND OFF LIGHT
SWITCHES, RETRIEVING THE
PHONE WHEN IT RINGS, OPENING
DOORS AND HELPING SOMEONE
TO STAND. THE WORK THE LADIES
DO WITH THESE PUPS IS AMAZING!

THE FIRST THREE PUPS
THAT WERE IN THE PROGRAM DID
NOT GO ON TO FURTHER
TRAINING, THEY HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN HOMES TO BE
WONDERFULLY TRAINED HELPFUL
COMPANION DOGS --WHICH IS A
SERVICE IN ITSELF!
WE HAVE STANDARD POODLE
PUPPIES IN MICHIGAN
ZAYVAN FRONT AND CENTER WITH HIS TRAINER