As many of you know, I’m fielding a lot of inquiries about the dogs I train due to Dawg’s and my appearance on The Doctors. It is a slow process because each person has so many questions (and rightly so!) and calls take a minimum of 30 minutes each (followed by a lot of note taking and documentation on my part!).
However, the training of the dogs come first (okay, their time is set aside… sometimes the calls are being made first but the dogs have priority!!!) and I wanted to update you on Bullet, the newest candidate! He is now four months old, is a whopping 25 pounds, strong as an ox, tenacious as all get out and (I’m happy to report) the little muppet baby loves to search and has surpassed my expectations! This happy searching puppy looks to have great potential to being a peanut sniffing, peanut detecting and alert service dog to a very special little boy with life threatening allergies to peanuts in the Northwest! (Is Bullet well mannered? His behavior is exactly what it should be right now – - - unbearable! Dawg could write a book on Bullet’s manners, or lack thereof! ) 
Anyway, Bullet has just finished up his complete vaccination requirements so, next week (imagine trumpeting in the background!!!), will be out and about on the town a bit more than I’ve allowed! He’s made trips to some homes with documented vaccinated dogs, 
Home Depot and some not-too-often used trails! Soon, he’ll be hitting the more well-traveled trails, visiting more places and donning his in-training vest all throughout the city, the farmer’s market (a VERY busy place with live music, food cooking, people running amuck, other animals, etc!), perhaps an upcoming rodeo and definitely visits to the local national parks!
I plan on going kayaking in Grand Teton National Park soon – and Dawg seems to think that he and Bullet can ride shot gun. I have other ideas!! However, they’ll be walking trails beneath Mt Moran, go to Dornan’s to watch the hummingbirds
(and me eat!), riding the ferry across Jackson Lake, etc and, while in Yellowstone, walking the geyser basin, looking at the bison, elk, coyote, wolves and bear, checking out Fishing Bridge,! Anyway, he’s resting up right now and well he should be – that pup is up for quite a learning experience!
I’m on the lookout for a few more candidates – as I have some families excited and committed to getting an allergen alert service dog to call their own and the ability to add a couple more to my current home! It’s a difficult and time consuming process… but so exciting for all involved!
