Before the dog comes home.

What to do before your new dog comes home.

1. Make sure you have all the necessary supplies:
Toys, grooming supplies, crate, bed, food, leashes, collars
I have obtained all of these things (waiting for the crate to arrive until then I have borrowed one from a friend)

2. Clear ti with where you live. Are you allowed to have more than one dog? What are the laws pertaining to Service dogs in training in your state? Do they have fair housing rights? Dow they have public access rights? My service dog in training has been accepted into my university as such and not as an ESA because...the SDIT in South Carolina gets public access rights, the ESA does not.

3. Make a task list. What do you want your dog to learn?
Coming up in the next blog.

4. Make sure you get all of the dogs paper work.
Including but not limited to: registration papers, vet records, note of sale/adoption, health guarantee etc.
REquest for this is in with the breeder waiting for a response.

I pick up my new service dog in training from the breeder on May 2, just 6 days, we are so excited!

Service Dog in Training Public access laws by state

Picking the dog.

My main criteria for my next dog are as follows:

2-5 Years old
Toller
Male
Gets along with Moxie
Smart
Well-behaved

I learn more about the dogs that are offered to me by asking questions of the breeders, such as is the dog alpha? Moxie is an alpha female and can be a bit of a pest around other dogs so making sure they get along is very important to me.

I have 2 dogs left that I am considering and I am leaning strongly towards a male that I would pick up in less than a month.
Before I get the dog I must make sure that all of his paperwork will be in order, that I talk to the office of disability services.

Moxie is accepted into the college as a full fledged service dog. But what about a service dog in training? Will Moxie have to go stay with my parents for a week?