Adventures of CCI Breeder Chandra

A day at Half Moon Bay.

2011-12-28T23:44:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful day at Half Moon Bay. Shawn played on the beach and loved every minute of it! The weather was perfect and the sunset was amazing!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2011-12-26T00:40:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!! Shawn had a great Christmas. She was very happy with the present she opened. She was also a good sport about wearing the reindeer antlers!

Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army!

2011-12-17T18:44:00.000-08:00

Today we went to the Arden Fair Mall and rang the bell for the Salvation Army. Shawn was a hit! Everyone loved her and how she could pick up and hold the bell.

Grand-puppy Lacinda visits.

2011-11-30T18:32:00.000-08:00

Grand-puppy Lacinda is spending a week with us! She is from McKenzie's litter, McKenzie was from Chandra's 4th litter with Randy. It has been fun having a puppy in the house again.

New CCI Breeder Tosca II

2011-11-30T18:28:00.000-08:00

Tosca II has been selected as a breeder. Tosca is Chandra's grand-puppy!! She is from AKEELAH and Kaelen's litter. She looks just like Akeelah and Chandra as a puppy!

All clean, thanks to Pet Food Express

2011-11-14T17:41:00.001-08:00

I took Shawn to Pet Food Express for the self service bath. They are great about taking care of service dogs and even Shawn as a retired breeder. It only takes 25 minutes and she was washed and dried!

Shawn's Pedigree

2011-09-27T12:27:00.000-07:00

It's always fun talking about the dogs and their pedigree's. Click the link to see Shawn's pedigree. I will be updating the page with information about Shawn's CCI breeder puppies and grandpuppies!

PUPPIES

OMSI III (x Blaze III)

Omeeka (x Blaze III)

Rhianna (x Terrell)

Akeelah (x Kittredge)

McKenzie IV (x Randy IV)

GRAND-PUPPIES:

Brady III (OMSI III x Ona) -GR

Edna (OMSI III x Perla) - LGX

Fifi (OMSI III x Dara II) - GR

Finesse II (OMSI III x Dara II) - GR

Namiko (OMSI III x Brynna) - GR

Olina (Zorba x Omeeka) - GR

Oz (Zorba x Omeeka) - GR

Tosca II (Kaelen x Akeelah) - GR

Grand-puppies!

2011-09-23T23:55:00.001-07:00

Tonight Shawn got to see her grandpuppies Lacinda and Carlita. Lacinda is a McKenzie IV and Paxton puppy, she goes back to CCI in February. Carlita is an Omeeka and Terrence puppy and she goes to CCI on November 4th! We listened to a graduate panel tonight for big dog class, definitely made me want to raise again!

Update

2011-09-23T13:55:00.001-07:00

It has been awhile since I updated! Here's a picture from yesterday at the new Pet Food Express in Sacramento. They are offering free self service dog washes this month. Shawn is looking much better after her bath!

M litter update

2011-05-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

MILANO

MAURA

MACY III

Shawn's last puppy in Advanced Training graduated on Friday as a service dog!! So the final count for the "M" litter with Lawrence II is 3 grads (2 SD and 1 FD) and 3 happy COC's.

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I've also heard that Shawn has some new grand-puppy breeders!!
OLINA (Zorba x Omeeka) - Golden Retriever
OZ (Zorba x Omeeka) - Golden Retriever

Greek Week Fun

2011-05-01T13:26:00.000-07:00

Shawn has had a fun week! First we went to Tahoe for Spring Break and then came home for Greek Week activities. Shawn is definitely getting a lot of attention and she's loving it! :)

Happy 7th Birthday!!!

2011-03-31T17:37:00.000-07:00

Happy 7th birthday to Shawn!!! She has been enjoying the great weather that we've been having. She has been going with me to CSD's softball games and we've been enjoying walks in the sun :)

Chandra's legacy...

2011-03-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking about how much of an impact Shawn has had on CCI. Over her breeding career she had 36 puppies. 5 puppies were chosen as breeders. 1 is a Skilled Companion (Oasis II). 1 is a Successor Service Dog (Maura) and 3 are Facility Dogs (Omari II, Ayla & Macy III) with one still in AT and hopefully graduating in May (Milano).

Here are a list of breeders that are related to Shawn:

PUPPIES:
OMSI III (x Blaze III)
Omeeka (x Blaze III)
Rhianna (x Terrell)
Akeelah (x Kittredge)
McKenzie IV (x Randy IV)

GRAND-PUPPIES:
Brady III (OMSI III x Ona) -GR
Edna (OMSI III x Perla) - LGX
Evers III (OMSI III x Perla) - LGX
Fifi (OMSI III x Dara II) - GR
Finesse II (OMSI III x Dara II) - GR
Namiko (OMSI III x Brynna) - GR
Olina (Zorba x Omeeka) - GR
Oz (Zorba x Omeeka) - GR

Rainy day pictures

2011-03-26T17:22:00.000-07:00

The rain has been intense in Sacramento. With a break in the weather Shawn and I went outside to take some pictures. Her 7th birthday is coming up and she is doing great!

CCI..Eukanuba..Facebook and $$$!!

2010-12-08T21:37:00.000-08:00

Eukanuba will donate a $1 to CCI for every person who"likes" Eukanuba's Facebook page, up to $75,000!!! Check out the page and share with friends, this is a great thing for CCI!!

A Thanksgiving update!

2010-11-27T13:25:00.001-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving in Palm Springs and it was so nice! The weather was perfect and everyone there is so dog friendly. Shawn got to go to our favorite art gallery, CODA. She was also a great road trip partner :)

Maura - Successor Service Dog

2010-11-23T13:38:00.000-08:00

Maura (Lawrence II x Chandra) has graduated as a SSD. Here are some pictures that were sent to me for the blog :)

CCI Dogs having fun!!

2010-11-22T17:37:00.001-08:00

Yes, CCI dogs get to have fun!! :)

Grand-puppy update: Lacinda

2010-11-21T13:11:00.000-08:00

Here's an update from Lacinda's (Paxton III x McKenzie IV) puppy raiser!

"We took our new puppy Lacinda (McKenzie x Paxton) to graduation this past week. Three different people that I had never met before, including one of the CCI trainers, stopped and said "is that a Chandra puppy?" Nope, but we proudly told them she is a grandpuppy!"

November graduation success!!

2010-11-14T19:17:00.000-08:00

I am happy to report that Chandra's puppy Maura from her last litter with Lawrence II has graduated as a Successor Service Dog (SSD) in the NC region. Maura was the brown collar puppy and Milano's sister.

It was also a big weekend for grandpuppies!!

NC: Donner and Dreamer graduated (OMSI III x Sashi), Essie II (OMSI III x Pearla).
SW: Brooke II, Blossom & Bayou (Alijah x Omeeka).
Dutch & Dugal (OMSI III x Sashi)
Eugenia II (OMSI III x Pearla)

Still waiting for results from NE and NW, I will update the blog once I get a total. Overall it was a great weekend for Shawn's puppies and grand puppies!! We are so proud of all of the !!

Family photos

2010-09-19T11:08:00.000-07:00

Wanted to share some family photos for those who are new to Chandra's blog.

Chandra was born on 3-30-04 to GDB Natalie and CCI's OMSI. Chandra was born at Guide Dogs for the Blind and was the only puppy to come over to CCI, her Guide Dog name was Parma and she was one of 9 puppies. Many of her siblings went on to be Guide Dogs. I have a shutterfly site with pictures of Chandra growing up, http://www.chandracci.shutterfly.com/

Enjoy!

Day at the River

2010-09-19T10:30:00.000-07:00

Shawn and Jazz had a great time at the river!! It was the first time Jazz went swimming and she loved it, Shawn is a pro and showed her how it's done :)

Grand-puppies at puppy class!

2010-08-26T21:19:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-22T19:09:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-19T22:38:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-02T19:10:00.000-07:00

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

Makia II update

2010-03-19T09:19:00.001-07:00

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

2010-03-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

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

2010-02-22T10:36:00.000-08:00

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!

2010-02-08T10:44:00.000-08:00

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

Shawn and friends

2010-02-05T15:47:00.000-08:00

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!

2010-02-05T15:17:00.001-08:00

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

2010-01-31T13:11:00.001-08:00

"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

2010-01-29T12:43:00.000-08:00

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!!

2010-01-19T00:02:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-13T23:18:00.001-08:00

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

2010-01-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-04T19:20:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-04T14:41:00.000-08:00

"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

2009-12-24T19:14:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-24T11:25:00.000-08:00

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

Guitar Hero support

2009-12-23T19:05:00.000-08:00

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

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

2009-12-23T12:58:00.000-08:00

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

We made it to Tahoe

2009-12-23T11:38:00.000-08:00

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!

Packed and ready for Tahoe

2009-12-22T21:36:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow we're going to Tahoe for Christmas, the bags are packed and Shawn is ready to play in the snow! It should be a lot of fun and I will be sure to keep the blog updated with pictures from the trip.

Chandra & Magic

2009-11-28T17:12:00.000-08:00

Chandra has spent the day with her buddy Magic. Next week Magic will be
flying to Portugal to be with his family there. It's going to be really
sad to see him go! My family has been watching Magic since he was 4
months old, he's 7 now. Magic and Hiltie my 2nd puppy grew up together
and since then Magic has been friends with Chandra, McKenna, Omeeka and
Milano. There's a lot of videos and pictures of Magic growing up on this
page. It's going to be really sad to see him go!

McKenzie goes off to college

2009-11-21T19:47:00.000-08:00

Chandra and Randy's puppy McKenzie went off to college at CCI NW today!
She's such a beautiful and smart dog, we all hope she does well!

Happy 7th Birthday Hiltie!!!

2009-11-18T22:48:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hiltie!!!!

Hiltie was my 2nd puppy born to OMSI x Taiko. From the first time I saw her at 4 weeks old I fell in love, she was the BEST puppy to raise and I am so thankful for the time I had with such an amazing dog. Hiltie graduated as a Skilled Companion, there was no doubt she would graduate. LOVE you always Hiltie!

Lemonade for CCI

2009-11-16T21:22:00.000-08:00

Article from newsday.com

For four years, Kyle Orent and his fundraising lemonade stand have been a familiar sight around his hometown of Northport. He's the cute kid philanthropist who managed to squeeze tens of thousands of dollars in charitable donations from thirsty folks who needed an ice-cold drink.

Beginning at age 7, Kyle took his stand to local sports games and the annual Cow Harbor Race. He didn't charge for the drinks, but encouraged donations. He raised $20,000 the first year, his mother, Kathy, said. After four years of mashing lemons and auction sales, he's collected $115,000, all for Canine Companions for Independence, a nonprofit organization that trains dogs to help people with disabilities.

But Kyle's 11 now and a sixth-grader at Northport Middle School, and the lemonade stand has begun to cramp his legs, not to mention his almost-teenager style.

"I'm getting older," he said Thursday night, before accepting a "Local Heroes" award from Bank of America, in a ceremony at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City.

The award, which includes $5,000 donated to the recipient's favorite charity, honors community leaders who contribute significantly to the health of their neighborhood. The bank also donated nearly $450,000 in unrestricted funding to local nonprofit organizations.

Kyle is the youngest recipient in the six years the award has been given, said a bank spokeswoman. He says he wants to be a fundraiser when he grows up. His hero is real estate magnate and TV star Donald Trump.

Why Trump? "He always has a Plan B," Kyle said. "After I sold lemonade, auctions were my Plan B."

Kyle sold his own toys in an online auction, according to his Web site, kyleslemonade.org. He also writes to celebrities such as baseball great Hank Aaron, asking them to autograph dog collars. He auctions the collars on eBay's "Giving" charity site.

Almost a third of the money Kyle raised came from the lemonade stand, and the rest from auctions and matching donations from individuals and corporations.

And he hasn't totally given up on exchanging big glasses of lemonade for big bucks. His mother, Kathy, said Kyle's hoping to recruit younger kids to carry on the lemonade tradition.

Demo at CSUS

2009-11-03T21:07:00.000-08:00

Last semester I was walking to class with Akeelah and a professor
stopped me and asked if I would come to her class to do a demo sometime,
I said of course. Last semester I went with a group of other assistance
dogs and people showing adaptive equipment. Today it was just a demo on
CCI. My friend came to help and learn more about CCI. Chandra showed off
her commands and Milano was a good girl. The class loved it when Chandra
turned the lights on and picked up my keys. Overall the demo was
informative, the class is for people who want to run/manage parks,
hotels, and leasure activities.

Time to BOUNCE!

2009-10-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

Chandra is so excited to have an easier way to Bounce!! It's one of her
favorite things to do and with the new yard she has easier access to the
trampoline, it was put into the ground! There's also a go-kart/running
track that will be fun to play on.

Enjoying another sorority event

2009-10-18T16:01:00.001-07:00

Chandra was out at another sorority event today. She loves all the
attention and she got a lot of it today.

Rhianna update

2009-10-17T09:05:00.001-07:00

I received an update from Rhianna's Breeder Caretaker (BC). Rhianna was the first puppy born (red collar) in Chandra and Terrell's litter (#2). Rhianna was selected as a breeder and went home to her puppy raiser. Rhianna's first litter was born 4-19-09 and they were the "S" litter:
Skye
Summerlee
Sorenson
Skeeter
Sugar
Sherlock
Soloman
Spice
Shelby
Seamus

Rhianna is now pregnant with her 2nd litter and she is due next month!

2010 CCI Calendar

2009-10-16T21:45:00.000-07:00

Chandra's puppies and grandpuppies are well represented in the 2010 CCI calendar! On the front cover you can see OMSI's x Ona's "B" litter. Then inside Mica is the featured puppy in the calendar. Milano is also in an insert, this calendar is not captioned, but a puppy picture of Milano is on the bottom of September.

Update

2009-10-14T14:59:00.001-07:00

Chandra has been doing well, she is enjoying retiremnet and having a lot of fun! With my busy days at school Chandra has been spending time at a friends house and she loves it! There are 3 boys for her to play with and a HD named Lizbeth that she also gets to play with too, she loves it :) It's really good for her to be able to hang out with people while I'm at school for my long days. There has been a lot of rain here in Sacramento and it hasn't been very fun cleaning a Golden Retriever, but she did get groomed last week and looked like a puppy again :)

VOTE for CCI!!

2009-10-01T10:12:00.001-07:00

VOTE for CCI!! There's a chance CCI can get $10,000 in donations from Christie Cookies Company.

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Happy 8th Birthday Kedra!!

2009-09-29T08:48:00.000-07:00

Where has the time gone?? My very first puppy is turning 8 today!! Kedra was born 9-29-01 (Neffa x Washaki). She was a fun and challenging puppy and I definitely learned a lot from her. Kedra went to high school with me for my Junior and Senior year and now she's living with a family just outside of Sacramento.

Chandra update

2009-08-30T16:34:00.001-07:00

It's been awhile since I updated. Chandra is doing great and enojoying her retirement! She's been swimming and having fun with our family.

Today I went to visit Omeeka and her 10 puppies. They are such a nice litter and all very cute! :) The puppy raisers getting O's next month are going to be very lucky.

The M's are 7 months!

2009-08-19T23:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a video of Milano doing some of her commands. At the end Chandra joins in on the fun!!

Chandra's vacation to the Penicheiro spa

2009-08-14T21:48:00.001-07:00

Chandra has been enjoying her week at the Penicheiro spa :) She gets to play with Magic, go to the park, get her teeth cleaned, go for walks and hang out with people all day. I've been in an ASL immersion class for 2 weeks and thought it would be best if Chandra was with friends instead of being home. I'm getting her home tomorrow, I know she's going to be sad to leave the spa ;)

Chandra's a grandma again!

2009-07-21T17:47:00.000-07:00

Omeeka had her 2nd litter today! There are 10 golden puppies, 5F/5M. The dad of this litter is Zorba.

Update on puppies and grandpuppies

2009-07-02T14:19:00.000-07:00

I recieved a picture of Mica from his PR. Mica definitley has Chandra's eyes.

In other news OMSI's "C" litter with Zoelle (golden retriever-1st litter) born on 6/5/09, recieved their names:
Corinne III- F
Cowan- M
Chiara- F
Cavan- F
Citron- F
Camry-F
Cedric-M
Chauncie- M
Christina- F

CCI youtube video

2009-06-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Check out this great youtube video on CCI facility dogs Jeter and Ellie!

Update

2009-06-01T14:31:00.000-07:00

Chandra is now happily retired! Her stitches are out from being spayed and she's enjoying being a dog again. Yesterday she went to a friends house and had a great time swimming in the pool, her favorite activity by far! All I have to say is "Shawn, do you want to go swimming?" and her ears perk up and she's ready to go!!

On Saturday we went to CCI's graduation. It was really nice and always fun getting to see everyone. Makia from Chandra's last litter was down to visit. You could tell they remembered each other, it was very cute! We also say her puppy Akeelah presented as a breeder, Akeelah is a great dog. Hopefully some day I'll raise one of her puppies.

Other than that Chandra has been taking it easy, she's such a good dog :)

Happy 1st Birthday M's!!

2009-05-17T10:32:00.000-07:00

Chandra would like to wish her litter with Randy IV a very happy 1st birthday!!! Hope you all are enjoying your special day and we hope you're being good for your puppy raisers! :)

Malika, McKenzie IV, Maverick, Monarch II (at the rainbow bridge), Michael II, Mari and Meeka

Daddy Randy on his ranch

Puppy play date

2009-04-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Luna, Milano, Chandra, Hailey, Gelsey & Akeelah

The dogs had a play date on the tennis court today. They all had a lot of fun running off some energy!!

Chandra, Luna & Akeelah are breeders and Akeelah is Chandra's puppy.

CCI & Build-A- Bear

2009-04-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

For the second year in a row, Build-A-Bear Workshop has partnered with Canine Companions for Independence for a special promotion at all stores nationwide and online.

For each stuffed dog (Bearamy Kennel Pals) sold at Build-A-Bear stores or online from May 1 through May 31, the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation will donate $1 to Canine Companions for Independence. They have golden retrievers, black and yellow Labradors ready to be your new stuffed friend.

Last year, the promotion brought in over $60,000 for CCI. CCI has announced this promotion in their April e-newsletter but you can also help spread the word in your area about this special opportunity to support CCI ! (facebook events)

Chandra's puppies

2009-04-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

I have recieved some pictures of Chandra's puppies! Look how cute they are :) They also all seem to be doing well, it's always nice to get updates on the puppies.

Mari in Phoenix

Makia II in Seattle, she was taking pictures for bookmarks at the library where kids read to her.

CCI on the News!!

2009-04-24T23:39:00.001-07:00

Tonight was CCI puppy class at the Sacramento International airport. What a great class it was! There were two news station filming clips about the dogs. News 10 & 13. The segments were GREAT! Wallis and SD Caspin were stars, as usual. There were a lot of very good puppies there, classes that were held were Big Dogs and Riffraff. People at the airport seemed to like all the cute puppies in the baggage claim area and it was awesome that the airport was so helpful in letting us use their facility.

Swimming and Caspin's boots

2009-04-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

Chandra got to go swimming today, she loves it! It's a little scary as you can see in the video, she jump almost onto the wall on the other side, but she pushes herself off. She just thinks it's the best thing! Caspin wasn't so sure about the pool, but Milano thought it was awesome! She's going to be a swimmer as well. Hopefully she won't need swimming lessons like her mom ;)

Playing in the yard

2009-04-18T15:24:00.001-07:00

Chandra and Milano had a GREAT time playing in the yard! They love the sun and their puppy pool. The yard is completely fenced and they have a great time running around the grass, jumping into the pool, playing in the bushes, jumping on the trampoline then having some tennis court time.

Enjoy the video!

A week of Demos

2009-04-15T15:35:00.001-07:00

This week is going to be filled with demo's!

Here's where we'll be:
Tomorrow- Sac City College Disability Awarness Day
Saturday- UC Davis Picnic Day
Monday- Sac State class demo

I'll be sure to take pictures and update the blog!

Update:
Well, so much for the pictures. We got one from the demo today, but I promise I will take more at Picnic Day!

Chandra was great today, too bad we could only stay for a few hours. I had a class that I have to go to, I need to get all the points I can for it!!

CCI had a great showing of puppies, grads and Chandra the breeder! There was a speech on stage that went well and Chandra got to show off some of her commands. She showed off "get", "under", "visit", "lap", "shake", "leash" and "back". SD Caspin also showed off some of his commands. The crowd loved it!
A lot of people learned about CCI today, hopefully a few will get service dogs, there might even be a few new puppy raisers.

OMSI III update

2009-04-14T16:48:00.000-07:00

"B" Litter

Here's an update on OMSI III's litters-

OMSI's 5th litter-"B" with Ona (Hardin II x Pala)
Ona is a Golden Retriever and this is her 1st litter. Ona whelped 9 puppies on February 20th, 2009, two boys and seven girls.
Boys: Brady III and Brock.
Girls: Bodega II, Bonita II, Bijou II, Benicia II, Brianna II, Babs II, and Blanche II.

OMSI's 6th litter- "L" with Halor (Kittredge x Martine)
Halor is a Golden Retriever and this is her 4th litter. Halor whelped 9 puppies on March 30, 2009 (Chandra's birthday!)There are 6 females and 3 males.

Litters due soon:

Dara (Sequoia x Halor)- Due April 28th- 1st litter
Zoelle (Hardin II x Brynna)- Due begining of June - 1st litter

* Interesting fact, Hardin and Halor are siblings and their puppies were bred to OMSI.

OMSI will have 8 litters in total after this with 5 of them being Goldens and 3 LGX.

Another Chandra puppy breeder!!

2009-04-14T12:08:00.000-07:00

CCI has made breeder selections from the February turn in class and AKEELAH from Chandra and Kittredge's litter born on 10-06-07 was chosen as a breeder!

This makes 4 breeders for Chandra and at least one breeder from every litter that has turned in!
So far there is:
OMSI III (x Blaze III)- Golden Retriever
Omeeka (x Blaze III)- Golden Retriever
Rhianna (x Terrell)- 3/4 Golden (fluffy coat)
Akeelah (x Kittredge)- Golden Retriever

Akeelah acts and looks so much like Chandra! It will be fun to see her with her puppies, I'm sure she'll be a great mom just like Chandra!

2009-04-13T17:53:00.000-07:00

Chandra and Milano had a photo shoot in Davis, hopefully you'll be able to see some of these pictures in the CCI Calendar next year! I've also added more pictures of Milano to her blog.

Party pictures

2009-04-05T20:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from Chandra's birthday party! It was just a little pool party, Gelsey and Hailey came over to play. Milano grew in a week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANDRA!!!!

2009-03-27T15:19:00.000-07:00

I would like to wish Chandra a very Happy 5th Birthday!!!! Since I will be out of the country for her real birthday I am posting this for her now.

OMSI and GDB Natalie II had 9 puppies 5 years ago on March 30th.

Happy Birthday to all!!!

Pascal: Guide Dog
Perry: Guide Dog
Paprika: Guide Dog
Parnell: Guide Dog
Parma (aka Chandra): CCI Breeder
Painter: COC
Pandora: COC
Picadilly: COC
Placido: COC

Road Trip to Tahoe

2009-03-21T16:47:00.001-07:00

Chandra & Milano playing before we leave for Tahoe

Chandra, Milano and SD Caspin enjoyed Lake Tahoe this weekend. The weather was beautiful and the dogs had a lot of fun! It was a quick trip and we're looking forward to going back and having more time to hang out.

Everyone was pretty exhausted from the trip..as you can see Chandra was no different. This picture was taken in the dark, she had curled up on the couch. Oh, the life of a breeder! Yes, she is allowed on the couch :)

Chandra is RETIRED!!

2009-03-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

After 36 puppies for CCI, Chandra has been retired!! When the weather gets nicer I'll have a retirement party here for her with her dog friends and some puppy pools, she'll love it!! I hope to use her great training and get her and I certified as a therapy dog team. She will love visiting with people, she is such a smart, gentle dog. I couldn't ask for a better forever dog.

GOOD LUCK M's!!!

2009-03-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

We left Sacramento at 11 am for CCI in Santa Rosa. Before I played with the puppies for about 2 hours on the tennis court. They loved it!! I also loved the car ride down ;) They did not make a sound, I think the crate training helped, but getting them tired made the most difference. We arrived at CCI at 1 pm. The kennel staff came out to help load the puppies from their crates to the car. Then it was off to the puppy park for some more fun! Everyone was commenting on how calm this litter was, I agree with them, they were a very calm litter. The puppies played on the Clifford slide and the pool (without water), they had a lot of fun, we played with them for about an hour. Once they were even more tired I helped load them into their carrier that would take them back to their kennels. I gave them each a big hug and told them how much I love them and for them to be good for their puppy raisers. I was given a sheet with regions that the puppies are going to..

Milano (NW)- Sacramento
Makia II (NW)- Seattle
Malin (SW)- Denver
Macy III (SW)- Salt Lake
Maura (NC) -?
Mica (NC) - Minnesota

I'm just looking for Malin and Maura now, hopefully someone can pass a long my information.

I had a midterm tonight when I got home and I have one tomorrow along with 2 papers due this week. I sure do miss having the puppies home and I can't wait until tomorrow night when I get Milano back!!!

The car is packed..

2009-03-16T10:39:00.001-07:00

The car is packed with the kennels and and supplies CCI gives breeder caretakers. The puppies have been playing on the tennis court for 2 hours, so hopefully when we get in the car they will sleep :) I've been lucky with the litter that I have taken to Santa Rosa, only a few of the puppies barked. I'll report back later!

2009-03-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight is our last night with Chandra's M litter, her 5th and final litter for CCI. I love these puppies and it is going to be hard to say bye, but I know that they are ready for their puppy raisers. It's been a fun 7 weeks (Peggy had them for their first week while I was out of town), they have grown so much. We just played for over an hour on the the tennis court, they love it!! I will for sure be playing with them out there before our trip to Santa Rosa. Their turn in time is 1:30 pm tomorrow. I'll update again tomorrow with pictures from the puppy park!

The puppies are sleeping next to me in a x-pen, I think they got the snoring trait from their daddy ;)

P.S- Chandra went with me to my sisters Sorority Superbowl tournament this weekend at Sac State, she is was by far the best behaved dog. People could not believe how calm she was and that she would just sleep during all the screaming and people. She could care less, she was just happy to be hanging out with me in the sun. Their were so many little dogs there and a few big dogs. Chandra was the star and Sigma Kappa's mascot :)

Tennis court fun

2009-03-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

This is the last weekend with the M's..it will be sad to see them go, but they're ready for the next adventure that waits them and I know their puppy raisers must be so excited to get their new little puppy!! Today we played on the tennis court and in the yard, the puppies had a great time! You can see in the video how big they are. All of the puppies are over 10 lbs (that's how high our scale goes), I'm guessing they're about 12 lbs.

Enjoy the video!!

We have found where 4 of the puppies are going!!!!
Milano (Sacramento with me)
Makia II (Seattle)
Macy III (Utah)
Mica (Minnesota)

The M litter picture

2009-03-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Today was the day that the M's had their official litter picture! We had to get them tired and that took awhile! Then we had to get 6 puppies to sit for their picture, that's always a lot of fun ;) Thanks to Wallis for the great pictures!! You can see all the litter pictures Chandra's shutterfly account. Also thanks to Peggy, Mary and Kasie for helping the puppies get their energy out and being "puppy catchers". There is a ledge in some of the pictures. The puppies were controlled at all times, you can't see people in the pictures, but we were right behind them.

Enjoy!!

One more new toy

2009-03-10T19:01:00.000-07:00

6 days left with the puppies..I can't believe I just remembered I have a big slide that Chandra and the other litters have loved playing with! I found it in the garage and brought it out, as soon as Chandra saw it her ears perked up and I could tell she was really excited! You'll see from the video she is happy just relaxing on the slide, digging at the sides and standing on the top. The puppies also had fun playing on the slide, this one doesn't have the tape so the puppies are not able to climb all the way to the top, but they still like trying.
The puppies all had play time with Chandra. I have been putting them out with her w at a time because if I put any more out she will get overwhelmed, she loves playing with them!

* The captions are a little off because of the Youtube upload.

Photo shoot at the Capital

2009-03-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

Today Chandra and SD Caspin had a photo shoot at the Capital, just for fun! They were both great models :)

Here's a picture of Chandra from last week at puppy class.

7 Weeks

2009-03-08T16:30:00.000-07:00

Where has the time gone?? The puppies are 7 weeks old and turning in a week from Monday!!! I really can't believe it. I'm really going to miss them, they are such a nice litter! I took a video of them today playing outside. They love the sunshine and I also let them have a little part of the grass to play on, they thought that was a lot of fun!!

SNOW DAY!!!

2009-03-07T22:03:00.000-08:00

Today was Snow Day!! It was a great day in Truckee at the home of a CCI PR/BC/. The weather was perfect and the dogs had a lot of fun! Pictures from the day are being loaded to the GRC website. Chandra had a great time and I was very impressed with her recall, I knew it was pretty good, but if I was able to get her attention (there were about 50 people and 40 dogs at snow day) and she could see me I could get her to come back very fast. It was great seeing everyone, Chandra had a great time with her puppy Omeeka who is also a breeder for CCI. Omeeka is such a cute girl and so tiny!

Handsome Caspin

Chandra taking a break on the deck

Last night before snow day Wallis and SD Caspin came over and we went to puppy class. The class was held in Old Sac and the puppies did very well. After class Caspin did the best "pull" ever :) Then we were all tired and went home and baked cupcakes for snow day, they turned out really well. There were a few CCI cupcakes, a lot of Snoopy's, dogs, 1 white dog and some dog bones and toys..I can't believe we didn't get a picture of the cupcakes! Next time for sure.

It was a great day! Chandra is already asleep and I'm going to bed!

12 days left..

2009-03-04T14:04:00.000-08:00

Milano sleeping with Chandra
Milano hanging out with Chandra
Malin relaxing
Macy III practing "up"
Mica
Maura
Makia II & Milano

Milano plays with Chandra

2009-03-03T21:49:00.001-08:00

Here's a cute video of Milano playing with Chandra! I'll get individual videos of the rest of the litter and Chandra tomorrow. They're all doing well :)

The life of a breeder..

2009-03-02T13:45:00.000-08:00

Now that Chandra is done she gets to relax!! She's very happy about this :) I just went to Petsmart and bought her a lot of toys! The new one she is holding in this video is a cow that moo's, it's very cute! I went to try and find her a gorilla since she had one when she was little and loved it, but it was sold out.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY R's!!!!

2009-03-02T11:56:00.000-08:00

Chandra would like to wish her "R" litter with Terrell a very happy 2nd Birthday!!!!

Rhianna- breeder
Rider - COC medical
Richie II- ?
Rookie II- COC
Reggie II- COC
Rainie -COC medical
Roxa II- COC
Regal III- COC

New edition to the slide!

2009-03-02T11:52:00.000-08:00

The slide was pretty slick before and the puppies were not able to climb up and play on the slide and structure. After adding the tape, the puppies are able to grip the slide and they're able to play on the whole structure.

They're having so much fun!! 2 more weeks with the babies..I'll be on my way with them to Santa Rosa, 2 weeks from today!

Random thoughts

2009-03-01T13:33:00.000-08:00

2 weeks until the puppies turn in to CCI..here are some random thoughts...

* It is amazing how early the puppies individual personalities come out.
* Don't leave the trash can with litter in it outside in the rain, it will be very heavy!
* Puppies are cute..puppy smell, not so much
* Crate training puppies takes patience and ear plugs or an ipod ;)
* Puppies are happy to see you every time you walk into the puppy room!
* It's amazing how much puppy food gets into the water dish, even when they're on opposite sides of the puppy room
* The puppies are working early on "tug", they think it's fun to take all the fleece toys and blankets into the litter box..I had to put 2 bricks on the blanket so it would stay in place!
* cardboard boxes make great toys!!
* Used soda bottles also make great toys!!
* Clipping black nails are much more difficult than yellow
* I really can't believe that in 2 weeks they'll be gone to their puppy raisers, it has gone by so fast..I'll miss them!

5 week pictures

2009-02-28T22:19:00.000-08:00

Milano
Makia II
Malin
Macy III
Maura
Mica
These are a little late..I guess I forgot to post them, the puppies sure are getting big!!

A puppy picture of Lawrence

2009-02-28T21:57:00.000-08:00

Here's a picture of Lawrence as a puppy. The black puppies in this litter look a lot like him, and I see his wrinkles in Milano :)

Chandra & Caspin BOUNCE!!!

2009-02-28T15:00:00.000-08:00

Wallis and SD Caspin came over for a visit today with Chandra. We decided to see if Caspin likes the trampoline as much as Chandra does! Guess what? He does! Wallis did too!

Just found this video of McKenna..I loved that dog, she was awesome! :)

I love pictures

2009-02-28T00:20:00.000-08:00

Makia & Milano

Macy
If you can't tell by now, I love taking pictures and videos!! :) And what's better to take pictures of than puppies?!

2009-02-27T12:10:00.000-08:00

Here's what the puppies do when I'm not around...eat & play!! :)

This was also the first time that Chandra was able to play with them, but it didn't last long because even with the t-shirt on the puppies still were able to try and get inside. I'm going to have to think of something else since she likes playing with her babies!