[NAGDU] NEW PUPPY!

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Abby.
What tasks will you be training Elianna to do to help with PTSD?  It's
something I only know a little about.
Tracy


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Subject: [NAGDU] NEW PUPPY!

Hi all!

So big news! my roommate, Maya,  just bought a charcoal labrador who is just
17 weeks old for me to train to be her PTSD service dog!
Elianna was house broken in about three days, with the occasional "I just
got too excited and forgot!" accidents.
Cricket is not sure what to do with this little jumping puppy. Elianna we
suspect was taken from her mother too early, so she keeps trying to nurse
from Cricket. Cricket has no idea how to handle this. The puppies like to
play fight, but cricket puts her in her place, often. And when Cricket is
tired of Ellie's shananagins, Cricket will sit on Ellie's head!

So far, ellie knows Sit, Down and Touch. and she knows where her cage
(House) is. and we got her a week ago today! :) I have started public access
training her, and she is doing very well on campus. She has a red vest that
she wears in public and she is very well behaved (other than the pulling on
the leash.) She is very easy to control.
She wears the GL sometimes, but she doesn't really like it.

But that's the puppy news!

Abby Cricket and Elianna

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Abigail M. Bolling
Wright State University-2018: Rehabilitation Services
Phone: (513) 512-3456
Email: bolling.8 at wright.edu
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