Working Dog Spotlight:
Gracie Lou Freebush
Birthday: July 12, 2023
Nicknames: Gracie, Lou Lou, Lou, Miss Congeniality
Favorite treat: sardines or pet deli
Favorite toy: stuffed purple dinosaur
Favorite pastime: snuggling under blankets or trying to terrorize her big sister, Raven
Gracie Lou is a regular obedience demo dog and loves to showcase her skills. She is learning basic tracking, cute pet tricks, and assists in sessions when needed.
Working Dog Spotlight:
SIR WINKS VIII
Birthday: Unknown - Hurricane Harvey rescue
Nickname: Winky, Chicken legs, Gremlin
Favorite Treat: Bananas
Favorite Toy: The kitten, Lexus
Favorite Pastime: Curling up to snuggle with mom in the chair, chase, and fetch
Winks is a wonderful helper in sessions when he is needed and also loves to do scent detection work. He loves to show how even the chihuahuas out there can work.
Working Dog Spotlight:
TREVOR
Birthday: February 2nd, 2022
Nickname: Trev, Stinker
Favorite Treat: Literally anything edible
Favorite Toy: His brother, Fez, or sister, Gracie Lou
Favorite Pastime: Anything involving food, target stick game, getting affection
Trevor is one of the newer work dogs that is learning his basics. He has started being a demo in basic obedience classes, is learning foundational skills for tracking and agility, and is working to be a future therapy dog.
Murdoch is 10 weeks old, completely blind and eager to work just like all pups!
Murdoch will be training to be a therapy pup for schools, and an advocate for differently abled pups. Get them out there and train! #blindpuppy #tdawg #differentlyablednotdisabled #k9workingmind #protectfirst #positivedogtrainer
Murdoch learning how to poop on command. ❤️ we teach all our puppies to potty on command and you can too.
If you have a puppy that you are housebreaking, try making a “potty pen” outside. It does not have to be big, enough room for them to potty and get out of the dirty zone.
Once they go in the pen (as long as it is safe and they cannot eat anything) stay out of it and just boringly repeat “potty” for urine, and “finish up” for poops. Once they do their business, have a celebration and give them lots of love and play time afterwards. A big mistake people make is to end potty with going inside. How boring! It inadvertently teaches the pup to hold it longer so they can get more out time!
And yes, this works on all pups, differently abled or not. #blindpuppy #positivetraining #puppytraining #tdawg
Work Dog Spotlight:
Mazikeen
Birthday: July 30th, 2021
Nicknames: Maize, demon, cartoon pup, angel
Favorite treat: blueberries
Favorite toy: small children
Favorite pastime: anything with small children
Mazikeen has so many hobbies including silly pet tricks, agility, and triebball. She likes to do it all! She also helps out in sessions with other dogs and is always up to be a babysitter.
Work Dog Spotlight:
RAVEN
Birthday: March 14th, 2016
Nicknames: Ray, RayRay, CrayCray, HBIC
Favorite treat: Duck or chicken feet
Favorite toy: tennis ball
Favorite Pastime: stalking cats, bossing around her siblings, having one on one special mom time
Raven is the super confident work dog that is CGC certified, loves to do agility, can do tracking but will probably be sassy instead, is known for her side eye/mean girl face, and works in sessions to help other dogs. She is her mom's sweet girl but doesn't like to always show that sensitive side to just anyone.
Work Dog Spotlight:
HARLEY
Birthday: August 12th, 2010
Nicknames: Harley Quinn, Old Lady, Harley Please!
Favorite treat: money
Favorite toy: tennis ball
Favorite Pastime: napping on the couch
Harley is a retired work dog that did human and dog search, therapy work, had her canine good citizenship, did triebball and flyable, and worked everyday until her retirement a few years ago.
Who doesn't love a #TARACHALLENGE conqueror?! Hazel completely rocked this challenge. Look at those kibbles literally on her foot! Way to go Hazel and mom for working so hard at getting such a rock solid stay. Blew that challenge out of the water!!