At-risk teens and dog training, learning and the brain

Playing with Puppies

September 18, 2011

The students enjoy playing with the puppies we are fostering.

It’s the start of a new semester and Dog Corps continues to be busy with their training. Five kids from the summer are back and three new kids have been welcomed on the team. The Dog Corps is currently preparing for the 2011 Combined Federation Training Event where at least 75 trainers will be attending [...]

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The days turn into weeks

August 12, 2011

It seems like just yesterday daisy and the pups arrived, but as we compare how much the puppies have grown and how good Daisy looks now you realize its been weeks! The puppies have almost doubled in size and are crazy, rambunctious driven little rascals. The Dog Corps. kids are realizing that taking care of a litter [...]

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Puppy News

August 8, 2011

By Ileana A. Romeo, Cesar, Leo, and Oreo are now about six weeks old. They are healthy and doing well. The young pups love to run around and wrestle with each other. It’s obvious that they all have their father’s playful personality. Leo especially loves to bite on shoes. Romeo and Cesar love playing tug-of-war [...]

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Hello Dog Corps!!!!!

August 5, 2011

Vet Tech and Dog Trainer Jen Culver Joins Staff to Assist Dog Corps In the beginning of 2009 I came to my very first Search and Rescue training with Eagle Valley and Amigo SAR Dogs here in Hancock NY. I was instantly pulled into this whirlwind world of training search dogs and thus began my [...]

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New Puppies!

July 27, 2011

By Ileana A. Daisy is now a proud momma of four darling baby boys. Their names are Romeo, Caesar, Oreo, and Leo. They look more like their father than mum, but man, do they make you just want to eat ‘em up.

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Dog Corps Update

July 14, 2011

By Ileana A. There is always something going on in Dog Corps and summertime is no exception. Blitz, a White Shepherd, has found a home. In addition, everyone’s favorite dog, Dodge, will be leaving for a new home soon as well. Soon new spaniel will be joining the remaining dogs. However, dogs, just like people, [...]

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Humans as Dogs

June 23, 2011

A comic video about the search dogs, training and the search sequence.

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Summer Pictures

June 8, 2011

Now that summer is finally here it is time for one of my favorite things, pictures. Here are a few new ones that we took the other day…

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Eli

May 29, 2011

On May 14th 2011 the Dog Corps boarded or first pet dog. The parents of Billy J. were kind enough to leave their beagle pug mix (puggle) Eli with us over the weekend. Luke M. has always been good with dogs but he has a hard time picking up after himself and he earned this responsibility through [...]

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