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I am a first time volunteer Puppy Raiser for Canine Companions for Independence (CCI). This wonderful organization has been providing Service Dogs, Facility Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Skilled Companions to people in need since 1975. My job for the next 18 months is to socialize, train and prepare the puppy (Helper II) in my care to successfully enter advance training in Oceanside California. I have started this blog to document our journey together.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Helper has finished Advance Training in California!

I am happy to announce that Helper finished Advance Training at CCI's Southwest Region office in Oceanside, California today! Less than 4 out of 10 dogs make it through advance training. Consequently, I am very proud of Helper for completing the six month program!

Helper will be attending the upcoming two week Team Training that starts on Monday February 3rd in Oceanside. During team training candidates for Service Dogs, Skilled Companions and Facility Dogs will learn how to handle and care for these highly trained dogs. There will be more dogs taken to team training than are actually needed for the class of candidates. This is done so that CCI's instructors can have the perfect dog for each candidate. On Thursday February 6th the preliminary dog-person match will be announced and I will get a call to let me know if Helper was matched with someone. At that time I will send out another update. Go Helper!!!!

2 comments:

AnonymousFebruary 1, 2014 at 8:03 AM
Thanks for sharing this as I have learned so much about what a wonderful and important program this is for so many people. Your contribution is selfless. cant wait to hear about her "match" and graduation. Looking forward to hearing about your new puppy too!
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