College Bound Canines

I developed a powerpoint presentation and presented it to the school board. Titan demonstrated the skills the dogs will learn such as opening and closing the cabinet doors, bring dropped objects and objects from the cabinet, turning on and off light switches, carrying items etc. After receiving the school boards approval, I gave two assemblies to the student body. Applications to become a handler were available then. I developed the application and applied for a business bank account and to become a non-profit organization with the State of Maine. I contacted an insurance agent and got liability insurance for College Bound Canines. I then arranged a parent meeting and discussed the level of responsibility needed by both parents and students to make this work. After that, my family and I began looking for suitable dogs. We search animal shelters and rescue groups only to receive one dog from them as some would not adopt their dogs to our program. We then began looking for puppies for the program. We went from southwestern New Hampshire to nothern Maine to obtain dogs with the correct play drive and temperments. I planned a "passing of the leash" ceremony to give the selected students their dogs. Currently we are beginning the process of training the puppies.