Hi all,
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that 2017 is starting
out well. For me, the holidays turned out rather bittersweet.
After a lot of discussion between Gideon's breeder, myself, and our
mutual friend Leslie who trains primarily mobility dogs, I decided that
Gideon would be happier being a service dog with a human of his very
own. Since I'd put all the public access work into him already, with the
exception of the subway and airline travel, I donated him to my friend
so he could enter formal harness training. If all goes well, Gideon will
assist a retired Marine who handled military working dogs and is a huge
Shepherd fan. All I know is that Gideon will be doing some balance work
in downtown Baltimore, and that his new person does a lot of walking, so
Gideon will get lots of challenging work and physical exercise, as well
as his very own person.
I have also decided to take the plunge and start a private service dog
training company of my own. The name I came up with for my newborn
business is Juno Dog Training Academy, or JDTA. My goals are to assist
people with disabilities who are interested in training either dogs for
themselves, or wish to learn to train dogs in a more general
sense...learning to do so despite whatever physical disability they may
have.
I am also wanting to help people evaluate service dog prospects as an
objective third party and offer either board and train options for
people who don't, as an example, feel comfortable teaching public
access, traffic training, and everything in between. I have recently
joined the IACP, well back in October, and plan to sit on their service
dog committee if they'll have me. IACP stands for the International
Association of Canine Professionals, and they offer a quarterly journal
along with access to a variety of workshops that allow members to learn
about almost all aspects of dog training and keep current within the field.
I was not trying to turn this update into an advertizement, I totally
swear. Anyway, my web site is still under construction because my web
developer just had a new baby who is rather ill right now, but feel free
to let me know if you have questions about what I do or if I can help
someone in any way.
I'm also willing to do vollunteer puppy raising or significantly
discounted for a school or an individual, so long as they can get the
dog to me. I just really miss having a puppy in the house. lol
Take care,
Shanna with Diamond, PHD, IACP#7565
Owner of Juno Dog Training Academy
Phone (402) 659-4765
https://m.facebook.com/junodogtraining/?refid=46&sld=eyJzZWFyY2hfc2lkIjoiYTE1YmY1NGFjMmUxNDQ4MzAzNmYyNzdjNDVlN2IwN2EiLCJxdWVyeSI6Imp1bm8gZG9nIHRyYWluaW5nIGFjYWRlbXkiLCJzZWFyY2hfdHlwZSI6IlNlYXJjaCIsInNlcXVlbmNlX2lkIjoxMTUyMzk1MTcwLCJwYWdlX251bWJlciI6MSwiZmlsdG
