Tails of a CCI Puppy: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Like Bright, I'm wiped out from a very great Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

1 comment:

D.K. WallNovember 28, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Shhhhh - puppy sleeping.
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Acronyms used on my blog

While typing out a post it's easier for me to just use acronyms when describing certain people and puppies. So here is an easy list for people to refer to, so hopefully you won't be too confused! If I ever use a new one I will put it here for people to reference.

CCI - Canine Companions for Independence
PR - Puppy Raiser
ADIT - Assistance Dog in Training
PIT - Pup In Training
BC - Breeder Caretaker
AT - in Advanced Training at the regional center
TT - Team Training
SC - Skilled Companion Dog
SD - Service Dog
HD - Hearing Dog
FD - Facility Dog
NER - Northeast Region
SWR - Southwest region
NWR - Northwest Region
NCR - North Central Region
PPM - Puppy Program Manager
YLGX - Yellow Lab/Golden Cross
BLGX - Black Lab/Golden Cross
BL- Black Lab
GR - Golden Retriever
COC - Change of Career (our version of released)
TDI - Therapy Dogs International
CGC - Canine Good Citizen

Other Service/Guide Dog Organizations

other organizations that I have links to:
GDB - Guide Dogs for the Blind (San Rafael, California) (CCI does a lot of work with GDB as well)
NEADS - Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans (Princeton, Massachussetts)
KSDS, Inc - Kansas Specialty Dog Service, they raise Service and Guide Dogs. (Washington, Kansas)
SEGD - Southeastern Guide Dogs (Palmetto, Florida)
NHSD - New Horizon Service Dogs (Orange City, Florida)
CaPR - Canine Partners of the Rockies (Denver, Colorado)
NSD - National Service Dogs (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)
GDF - Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc (Smithtown, New York) This is an acronym I use for the org. not sure what they use though!!