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Page
Three:
Training Scrapbook
A dog
with a hobby is a happy dog. If you don't supply the hobby
he will find his own! --Wendy Jeffries
1990:
Search and Rescue dogs
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Jeffries eventually left the bird
business but Wendy kept training her
animals. Besides obedience, she
pursued dog sports of Tracking and
Agility.
She founded the
Riverside County Search Dogs Inc. in
the early 1990s. Her PBGV (Petite
Bassett Griffon Vendeen), named JoJo, was her trailing dog
partner.
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The photo
at left was taken on the day Wendy and
JoJo passed the CARDA certification to become a search and
rescue team in California.
JoJo worked as Bloodhounds do, sniffing an item belonging to the lost person, then following the path they walked.
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2000:
Therapy and Service dog training
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Wendy's
search partner JoJo, doubled as a Therapy Dog. Bringing
cheer to hospitals and rest homes was JoJo's second favorite
pastime after searching for lost people.
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help the disabled as Service Dogs isn't much different than teaching a
bird to ride a bike or a dolphin to retrieve a dime.
The skills they learn to help their human partners are fun for the dogs--
a good hobby.
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right, a client's mixed-breed terrier, Corky, brings the telephone. She also retrieves
dropped items and hits a button that dials for help.
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