Grand-puppies at puppy class!

Tonight I went to puppy class with Shawn and saw 3 of her grand-puppies!! After class we took a family photo.

Here's who we saw tonight:
Cowan (OMSI III x Zoelle)
Carlita (Terrence x Omeeka)
Trapper (Kaelan x Akeelah)

Graduation update

Last week was a great week for Shawn's puppies and grand-puppies. Her last litter for CCI turned in, Milano and Makia II are back at NW. Macy III is in SW and Maura and Mica are in their 2nd semester in NC.

OMSI III had puppies turn in and 2 graduates!!!

Navarro (x Brynna) and Yaston (x Ember III) both graduated as a Skilled Companions! Congrats to everyone involved!

Here's a list of OMSI's puppies who turned in for advanced training:

Brady, Bonita, Bodega and Brock

Ona's pups:

Bodega, Bonita, Brady, and Brock (SW)
Bijou (NE)
Brianna (SE)

Halor's pups:
Laurie & Locke (NW)
Lovey (SW)
Lillith & Louie (NC)
Lupe & Leah (SE)
Loralee (NE)

Dara's pup:
Flannery (NW)

California State Fair

Today CCI had a booth at the State Fair. Milano and Shawn hung out and did what they do best, sleep and let people pet them! :) It was a great day informing the public about CCI dogs and the great things that they can do. Shawn showed some of her advanced commands, a crowd favorite was when she picked up my keys for me. It was really nice for Shawn to get to go out to this event, I know she liked getting out of the house! Milano was awesome, I think she's going to do very well in advanced training :)

More grand-puppies

Shawn's puppies Rhianna (Terrell x Chandra) and McKenzie II (Randy IV x Chandra) both have litters of puppies right now. Looks like Rhianna's litter just went out to puppy raisers and McKenzie's are about 2 weeks old now.

New family members include-

Rhianna x Paxton's P litter:

Putnam, Petra, Pluto, Piazi, Petal, Pfeiffer, Peru, Perrin & Philippa

McKenzie x Paxton/Lamond's L litter:

Lindsay III, Lassiter, Lacinda, Lancelot, Leann, Leon II, Leroy III, Levi IV.

Lake Tahoe

We're back in Lake Tahoe for the 4th of July. Here's Shawn enjoying the
view :)

Makia II update

I recieved an email from Makia's puppy raiser, Makia is Milano's sister. Sounds like she is doing well :) Here are some pictures of her:

Shawn & Kaelen

CCI breeder Kaelen is spending the weekend with us. He's been fun to
have around! Such a sweet boy, he loves playing fetch and hanging out.
Kaelen was bred to Akeelah for her 1st litter, the "T's" that just went
out to puppy raisers.

A day at the park

Shawn had a lot of fun playing at the park today! I went rollerblading
and the dogs ran along with me, Shawn made it 2 laps around the park
before getting tired. Shawn's favorite activity is playing on the slide
at the park, she thinks it's the best! The dogs also had fun running in
the sand and practicing their commands!

Shawn having fun!

Before I go to school I like to let Shawn run around the tennis court,
she got some air today!

Shawn and friends

Shawn and her friends had a great day walking around the park and to the
river. It was a nice day out and getting the dogs out of the house while
it's not raining is always nice.

Vote for Milano!

Check out Milano's photo on Snobby Dogs her picture is titled "A Miracle in the Making". I'm not sure what the prize is, but it's great exposure for CCI :)

New CCI Hearing Dog video

"Canine Companions for Independence Hearing Dogs are specially bred Labrador and Golden Retrievers who alert partners to key sounds by making physical contact such as nudging the leg or arm. Among the many sounds Hearing Dogs are trained to recognize and respond to are the sound of a doorbell, alarm clock, someone calling a name or a smoke alarm. After being placed in the home, the graduates “customize” the dog’s alerting pattern to their own particular environment and needs. Examples include: alerting to incoming e-mail messages at work, timers on microwaves, dryers and other appliances, and dropping keys." For more information check out www.cci.org

Shawn's fun filled day

Today started out with a trip to the park with Shawn's friend Taylor, a
very energetic Jack Russell. They played (well Taylor chased a ball
while Shawn sniffed things at the park and then decided to play a few
chase games). Shawn loved rolling around in the grass and getting all
the "good" smells on her..little did she know she would be getting a
bath when we got home! I thought it would be more fun for her to go
swimming and get her bath than to just have a bath, so if was off to the
pool for Shawn. She hasn't been swimming in months, but it's a little
warmer here today and not raining so I thought she would like it. I was
right, she was so excited to get to go swimming and she's clean :)

Happy 1st Birthday M litter!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY to Milano, Makia, Malin, Macy, Maura and Mica!! Hope you all have a wonderful birthday :)

 

Laura
Sacramento, CA
BC for Chandra ("O" x Blaze III, "R" x Terrell, "A" x Kittredge, "M" Randy IV, "M" Lawrence II)
 www.chandracci.blogspot.com
#6 Milano (Lawrence II x Chandra)
#5 Omeeka (Blaze III x Chandra) Breeder 4/08
#4 McKenna II (Terrell x Happy II) Medical COC 7/07
#3 Chandra (OMSI x GDB Natalie) Breeder 10/06
#2 Hiltie (OMSI x Taiko) SC 2/05
#1 Kedra (Neffa x Washaki) COC 4/03

CCI Crab Feed

Annual Crabfeed hosted by CCI Gold Rush Champion Puppy Raisers and the Lions of District 4-C5 benefitting the Canine Companions for Independence program. Features Crab & Shrimp served family style with all the profits given directly to the puppy raising and training program.

$40 per person

DATE
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM
$40 PER PERSON

LOCATION
JONES HALL, PLACER CO FAIR GROUNDS
600 LAWTON AVE
ROSEVILLE, CA 95678

CCI puppy classes on the tennis court

Today we had puppy class on the tennis court. It was a lot of fun and the court makes for a great, safe place to work on off leash work. At 9am we started with Riffraff, then Basic and finally KPT. Last night there was the Big Dog class for dogs that are going back to CCI in February. They had a lot of distractions and did very well.

It was SO funny, Carly told us to line the dogs up. Since it was Milano's time for class I was working her and letting Shawn just hang out on the court and distract the puppies. When we lined up the dogs, without me knowing, Shawn went over and got into position in line all by herself! It was so great!!! She's so smart :)

"A" litter update

I just found out today that AYLA II graduated as a FD in SE!! That's great news :)

In other "A" puppy news, Akeelah had 11 puppies on December 27th.

Puppy Stats updated

"O" Litter- BLAZE III 7-15-06 Golden Retriever
OMARI II- FD
ONTARO- COC
OMSI III-Breeder 4/08
OJALA-COC
OMYA-COC
OASIS II- SC
OMEEKA-Breeder 4/08

"R" Litter- TERRELL 3-2-07 - 3/4 Golden Retriever
RHIANNA- Breeder
RIDER- COC Medical
RICHIE II-COC
ROOKIE II-COC
REGGIE II- COC
RAINIE- COC Medical
ROXA II-COC
REGAL III- COC

"A" - KITTREDGE- 10-6-07 Golden Retriever
ASJHA - COC
AMYA - COC
AKEELAH - Breeder (1st litter of 11 born 12/27)
ASHANTI - COC
AYRTON - COC
AMARI II - COC
AYLA II- FD
ALANIS - COC

"M" - RANDY IV 5-17-08 Golden Retriever
MALIKA - COC
MCKENZIE IV - Breeder 1/10
MAVERICK - COC
MICHAEL II - ?
MONARCH II- Rainbow Bridge 10/08
MARI - COC
MEEKA - COC

"M" - LAWRENCE II - 1-19-09 (all with puppy raisers)
MILANO - NW
MAKIA II - NW
MALIN - SW
MACY III - SW
MAURA - NC
MICA - NC

Great Day

We had a great Christmas Eve with family in Tahoe. The sunset was
amazing!! Lisa, Teal, Tom and I built a snowman and we named him Fred :)
Shawn played in the snow while we built it, she love burying her head
and rolling around and then running in big circles! Now we're having
family game night, playing the Wii, Shawn is sleeping in the room (or
trying to) and every time we say "Mookie" (one of the Wii players names)
Shawn will wake up, we couldn't figure out why and then realized that it
sounds just like "cookie" one of her favorite words :)

Christmas Eve

Shawn is relaxing by the fire and loving it! Oh the life of a retired
breeder.

Guitar Hero support

I'm sooooo bad at Guitar Hero, Shawn's here for support ;)

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Shawn on the pier, ready to play in the snow!

We made it to Tahoe

We made it to Tahoe!! Shawn is so excited to get to play in the snow!
Even if she looks pretty serious in her pictures she's really having
fun. The picture of her with her head in the snow was taken while she
burying her head..pretty cute :) More pictures to come later!