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I've recently acquired a Standard Poodle puppy to train as my Hearing Dog (you guessed it, I'm a deaf guy).
He's only little, barely over ten weeks, but he's brilliant and after only two weeks and a handful of days I feel like we'll never be able to live without him. I named him Marlowe.
He is already doing a fabulous job learning his basic puppy things, and at six months I'll start him on his deeper training.
Won't be anything serious; for instance, I don't need him to alert me to the doorbell nor timers, we've plenty of electronics, cameras, and SOME hired help... the MAIN THING is that I'm needing him for independence when I don't WANT to be accompanied and want to take a stroll alone.
He will alert me when I DROP THINGS more than anything else. I've lost KEYS, glasses, sunglasses, on and on, because I simply don't hear them hit the ground.
It's truly embarrassing to have to walk accompanied because I feel restless, or be driven just to the corner store for a candy bar like I require a body guard or something, and Marlowe will solve every bit of this for me.
I will be FREE of this estate, whenever I choose. No longer what is for all intents and purposes a prisoner will I be.
There's also the fact that -well, he IS a Standard Poodle, and he's black, and I wear all black leather nearly all of the time to prevent personal injury (I am epileptic also), so we are going to look EXTREMELY COOL TOGETHER haha.
He will be kept groomed basically "nude" to accommodate the Service Dog vest without discomfort, and I'll have his head Mohawked like I always did with all of my Poodles all of my life, it makes them look either silly or threatening, strangers can never be QUITE certain. haha
He will be trained to also sit with me and "snarl" should I have an episode whilst we are out and about. My epilepsy is very mild (if you can call ANY epilepsy "mild", it STILL forced me into retirement) and my Support Group recommends a Service Dog for me to just sit there for the few seconds it takes for me to regain control of my body because no scumbag will approach a snarling large Dog of ANY breed to get close enough to me, to nick my wallet whilst I cannot move. Even if the Dog doesn't know what the "snarl" actually MEANS.
Anyway. I just wanted to introduce myself and Marlowe. Nice meeting you all.
I've recently acquired a Standard Poodle puppy to train as my Hearing Dog (you guessed it, I'm a deaf guy).
He's only little, barely over ten weeks, but he's brilliant and after only two weeks and a handful of days I feel like we'll never be able to live without him. I named him Marlowe.
He is already doing a fabulous job learning his basic puppy things, and at six months I'll start him on his deeper training.
Won't be anything serious; for instance, I don't need him to alert me to the doorbell nor timers, we've plenty of electronics, cameras, and SOME hired help... the MAIN THING is that I'm needing him for independence when I don't WANT to be accompanied and want to take a stroll alone.
He will alert me when I DROP THINGS more than anything else. I've lost KEYS, glasses, sunglasses, on and on, because I simply don't hear them hit the ground.
It's truly embarrassing to have to walk accompanied because I feel restless, or be driven just to the corner store for a candy bar like I require a body guard or something, and Marlowe will solve every bit of this for me.
I will be FREE of this estate, whenever I choose. No longer what is for all intents and purposes a prisoner will I be.
There's also the fact that -well, he IS a Standard Poodle, and he's black, and I wear all black leather nearly all of the time to prevent personal injury (I am epileptic also), so we are going to look EXTREMELY COOL TOGETHER haha.
He will be trained to also sit with me and "snarl" should I have an episode whilst we are out and about. My epilepsy is very mild (if you can call ANY epilepsy "mild", it STILL forced me into retirement) and my Support Group recommends a Service Dog for me to just sit there for the few seconds it takes for me to regain control of my body because no scumbag will approach a snarling large Dog of ANY breed to get close enough to me, to nick my wallet whilst I cannot move. Even if the Dog doesn't know what the "snarl" actually MEANS.
Anyway. I just wanted to introduce myself and Marlowe. Nice meeting you all.