Yahhhh!! She passed! It was a very tough test! She had to sit outside Walmart & let John put on her cape & wait outside until he hooked up her leash. A trainer came by with her dog & Ruby ignored it! Ruby had to let a stranger pet her & a kid come up & pet her & a stranger take her leash & walk away with her! She had to let a stranger step over her. The tester dropped a clip board behind her. The trainer, tester & stranger went into a food court & she had to get under the table & the gal threw food really close to her! John had to keep her from touching it! It almost bounced off her nose! She then had to get into car & do it as John asked. We then went home. She waited until we went in. She retieved a pen, a set of keys, a toothbrush, a sprinkler head cover, a full water bottle, a sock, pull his jacket off, pull a glove & sock off & opened a door with a tug! She did perfect! She stood for her picture & stayed so good. We were so proud of her!!! Daddy could have busted his buttons! We took her to Fleet & Walmart & out to eat with us after! She got tons of treats!!! She & we are utterly exausted tonite! Went for a nice boat ride tonite! Thanks for listening!!! Yahhhhh Ruby!!!! They are sending a backpack for her! I will send a picture when we get it! Sues
From one "Ruby's mom" to another - Congratulations!! What a thrill so see all of your hard work come together so beautifully. What a true blessing Ruby is to your family.
Congratulations to you and Ruby!! I can only imagine all the hard work that went into achieving that. You should be very proud of your lovely doodle .. and yourself!!
That is so incredibley awesome, you deserve to be very proud. Those doodles are oh so smart but ultimately they are only what we their owners are willing to invest into them ~ very good job!
Way to go!!!!! What beautiful testimony to what these wonderful dogs and loving owners can accomplish. Will look forward to hearing how Ruby uses this training.
Here's Ruby in her official backpack for Service dog! She's a proud girl! Our trainer said that she was a record as far as the fastest any dog has finished training! Thanks for looking! Sues
That is sooooo cool! This has brought tears to my eyes and it just makes me wish I could have the time to put that much effort into training our girls. It would make me so proud to have them accomplish something like this. And it makes me poud to see Doodles doing it. Congratulations to you all!!