Posted November 19, 2021

Wendy

DOB: 12/13/19
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Career-Changed from: Guide Dogs for the Blind
Training Phase: A
Scent Training Phase: 0
Learn about our training phases and scent training phases.

Fun Facts:

This little girl is full of spunk and boundless energy. She is eager to please, and eager to work!

Wendy’s Journey

Active Training

Placement with Client

Ready for Graduation

Working Life-Saver

Wendy’s Updates

Training Status Update: 3/7/23

Team Wendy has met graduation requirments, join us Saturday April 1st….. yahooo!

Training Status Update: 2/26/23

Wendy and her client are having lots of fun and working towards graduation.

Training Status Update: 7/18/22

Look at me at the beach….saving lives & loving life!

Training Status Update: 6/4/22

Congratulations…. Wendy was placed with a client and we are very excited, go Team Wendy go….Wendy came to us from GDB and was fostered by Mike and Norma.

Training Status Update: 5/9/22

Wendy has entered into pre-testing. We’re acknowledging her alert with “Let’s Check” which lets her know we need to verify her alert before she gets rewarded.

Training Status Update: 4/21/22

Wendy is on all 4 decoys now and quickly working towards pre-testing

Training Status Update: 3/28/22

Wendy has begun to discriminate the target odor from a decoy (non-diabetic) odor

Training Status Update: 2/19/22

Wendy is working through her scent imprinting runs. She is working on the scent training pattern, scent recognition, and we have begun to develop duration and nose placement on the jar

Training Status Update: 2/6/22

Wendy started scent training today. She is having a fun time bouncing around the scent training room.

Training Status Update: 1/28/22

Over the break, Wendy visited several family homes and several holiday celebrations! She even received her own presents under the Christmas tree. Her favorite time was spent cuddled in a blanket.