RT has been keeping an open secret!!!
As many of you know, we adopted 2 New Guinea pigs, the girls Kelly and Stanley- when our beloved Angela passed away leaving Phylis solo. We adopted from the animal rescue league, and though the girls were only 6 weeks old- they had been rescued after male exposureā¦ and piggies can get pregnant just after 3 weeks!!!! Low and behold, our farmer senses started tingling and Kelly looked like mama duties were comingā¦ so we decided to keep her on-site for the birth, as people with (A LOT) of baby animal experience.
Kelly brought two new little snuggle bugs into the shop and world 3 weeks ago today, and we have been delightedly watching them grow and seeing how things develop. The pig herd has BLOSSOMED into this adorable, vibrant, happy little herd family- and we canāt bare to separate them.
We do have one gentleman baby, who just entered his own private suite we are calling the Annex until he is large enough to neuter and return, but he can see and engage with his fam in the meantime now that he is weaned from mama Kel.
It has been a delight, and we will be running a contest to name the new 2 loves after Office characters to keep with the theme. The whole herd is doing GREAT and has started their dog and human conditioning with lots of snacks.
If your pup has spring fever and you are ramping up your training goals we have a few spots available for Muttessori this week! Snag them online or shoot us an email, we would love to have you!
Sound the Celebration trumpets! We have another service dog team who has made it half way to program graduation! Geoff and his bullmastiff Phoebe passed their public access assessment today and now can focus on their obedience assessment for full program graduation! GO TEAM! Geoff has been one of our most self-driven handlers and has done an incredible job throughout training. He is a pleasure to work with and so is Phoebe!
The lobby needed a season refresh despite the heat and the dogs offered to help
We are delighted she wore the hat.
30 seconds of afternoon sidewalk service dog practice staring: Mae, Marti, Charlie, Dewey, Peanut and Data!
This morning one of our service dogs, Deano - is practicing his strength building and learning what is called āforward momentumā on the cue āpullā to help his handler up hills, stairs and out of a seat!
Please enjoy Denali learning the treadmill
RTās urban modified Treibball season has begun!!
Treibball is a ball-pushing game that we teach a version of in winter when itās hard to get all of our dog sports in! This year we will be teaching March Wagness (our annual competition) as a group class! Check out Nola during our first practice of the season!
When you catch the teenagers making out behind the bleachersā¦
We deeply apologize for making you wait and not delighting you with Chippyās hurdle performance yesterday. Please accept this video as our commitment to not deny you any further. š
Running into Friday like this herd of puppies.
Check out some of our service dogs in training working on their impulse control and duration practice on Belgrade yesterday. We used some box feeding to help them feel more confident and content in a challenging environment.
(Two trainers were present and all dogs are tethered to the place cots as an extra safety measure. Also, all of these dogs are in the later stages of training and have a lot of prep before anything like this).