Wanted to introduce Pilot, with some pictures!
He's half Golden Retriever, half Labrador Retriever. He is a SDiT from an organization that places puppies in "raiser" homes to do most of the public access training. When he's 14-18 months, he will go back to the headquarters to be task trained and paired with a disabled handler, should he make it through training. I will be doing all of his socialization and training until then, and he'll be living in my house with my boys. I picked him up yesterday during a briefing with a few other puppy raisers also picking up their puppies.
Anyway. 8 weeks old - He'll be 9 weeks on Saturday. He weighs 20lbs, so he's a pretty big dude! Will likely be larger than Patton very soon. I've had him for about 24 hours now, he went with me to Biggby Coffee with me yesterday afternoon, to training class last night (where the video was taken), and to work with me today. He got to meet a couple of dogs last night, and he's probably met two dozen people. Nice genetics, from what I can tell! He's a very stable pup.
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
[youtube]EmUHPN5IywM[/youtube]
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
Untitled by DJetzel, on Flickr
DSC_1345 by DJetzel, on Flickr
He's half Golden Retriever, half Labrador Retriever. He is a SDiT from an organization that places puppies in "raiser" homes to do most of the public access training. When he's 14-18 months, he will go back to the headquarters to be task trained and paired with a disabled handler, should he make it through training. I will be doing all of his socialization and training until then, and he'll be living in my house with my boys. I picked him up yesterday during a briefing with a few other puppy raisers also picking up their puppies.
Anyway. 8 weeks old - He'll be 9 weeks on Saturday. He weighs 20lbs, so he's a pretty big dude! Will likely be larger than Patton very soon. I've had him for about 24 hours now, he went with me to Biggby Coffee with me yesterday afternoon, to training class last night (where the video was taken), and to work with me today. He got to meet a couple of dogs last night, and he's probably met two dozen people. Nice genetics, from what I can tell! He's a very stable pup.
[youtube]EmUHPN5IywM[/youtube]
