Sunday, May 1, 2016

Searching for Supplies

I've been looking through Amazon as well as a few other sites looking for reasonably priced Service Dog vests and I believe I have found the one Aiden will be wearing.  This is the one I looked at, it comes in a multitude of colors and sizes.  http://www.amazon.com/Service-Harness-SERVICE-Industrial-Puppy/dp/B00N3ZLMWO/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1461948520&sr=8-9&keywords=service+dog+vest  I hope to have it ordered sometime this coming week so Aiden can start getting used to wearing it.  He's still not yet a fan of his pesky collar.

A little info I was informed of from a friend of mine who recently helped train her own Service Dog, and also noticed in my search.  There are MANY sites who will attempt to sell you a Registration for your Dog to become a Service Dog.  This is a scam.  If you are looking into getting or training a dog as a Service Dog, you do not need to register him/her as such.  You only need your Doctor to recommend that you need a Service Dog.

As to Aiden's adjusting to life with us, well, it's been bumpy as anyone getting a new puppy would expect.  He misses his Mom and Brother, but here he has a new "brother" which is my oldest daughters kitten Gandalf, who is about the same age as Aiden.  Those two love to chase each other.  It's been very rainy here in Central Arkansas the past few days which has made house training Aiden QUITE difficult, but we are getting there.  Just this morning I noticed a HUGE improvement.  Aiden walked over to our front door and spun in a circle before walking back to the middle of the living room and going potty on the floor (thank goodness for hardwood).  But, we have been taking him to the door and showing him to scratch at the door before we take him out to do his business, so I believe he went to the door as he has been being taught, he just missed the step that I would have recognized as a need to go out, which would have been the scratching of the front door.  *Don't worry, it's metal*  So, I do not think it will be long before he has the entire process down and there will be less and less messes to wipe/mop up.

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