God is bringing us together!
If you have been following the Doghouse you can't help but see the amazing way that God is directing our paths. He has done things way beyond all that we could ask or imagine! He has once again blessed us abundantly! God has brought a wonderful couple to us that we are working with to take over the daily operations of the Colorado area. They have many years of personal experience training their own service dogs and are active in cattle dog rescue. They are also very active with TBI Freedom in Colorado Springs. They are also a veteran and wounded warrior family as well. It is awesome how God is hand picking the perfect people that He wants aboard this organization. We have not marketed Daffron Doghouse as a Christian ministry but those of you that follow us know that God is the center of everything here at the Doghouse. We give thanks and glory to God in all He is doing in our lives and in the Doghouse. Pray for all to go smoothly in this transition. We are hoping that in the next few months they will be ready to completely take over daily operations in Colorado! What a blessing to release that to capable folks and free ourselves up to grow the organization here in Missouri and Kansas and continue our nationwide outreach.
Miracle Max
By 5:30 am Alli had 7 puppies. At 10:30 she had another which we thought was her last one. I let her out to go potty about 1pm and was taking the birth photos of the pups when I heard her scratching at the front door. When I let her in she had another puppy in her mouth that she had outside and had cleaned off and brought in to me. He was good size but was not breathing really well. It was pretty cold outside so i quickly worked to warm him up. He was not breathing well enough to nurse and I really didn't think he would make it. I prayed over him and did a little Reiki on him. Amanda came home from school about 4pm and also prayed for him and did Reiki on him as well. By that evening he was breathing normally and moving around better. He was still not nursing when we went to bed. When I checked them during the night he was nursing right in with the others and looking much better. After the next day he was completely caught up with the other pups! We have nick named this little guy Miracle Max! He was actually one of the first pups to walk on all fours and sit up steady. Miracle Max is still available if anyone is looking for a very intelligent pup that is a real fighter!
Puppies! Puppies! Puppies!
Dec 12, 2011 was the arrival date of 9 new GSD puppies! Alli and Puma had a beautiful and healthy litter. There are photos up on the FB profile in an album called Alli's christmas Puppies.
We already know that two will be donated to wounded warriors in Colorado awaiting service dogs. One will be trained for Eric and the other for Cindy. Both soldiers are TBI Freedom clients referred to us by their care coordinators. We will be donating a third puppy here in our local community as an outreach here at home.
The large light sable female is already sold to another soldier in Colorado. Starting price on this litter with full AKC registration is $1200.00 If you are interested in a pup get in touch with us at the Doghouse. These are excellent working line GSD's. Daddy Puma is our mentor pack leader and retired service dog and Grandaddy Zeus is Chucks seizure service dog. Mama Alli is still in service training with Amanda.
We already know that two will be donated to wounded warriors in Colorado awaiting service dogs. One will be trained for Eric and the other for Cindy. Both soldiers are TBI Freedom clients referred to us by their care coordinators. We will be donating a third puppy here in our local community as an outreach here at home.
The large light sable female is already sold to another soldier in Colorado. Starting price on this litter with full AKC registration is $1200.00 If you are interested in a pup get in touch with us at the Doghouse. These are excellent working line GSD's. Daddy Puma is our mentor pack leader and retired service dog and Grandaddy Zeus is Chucks seizure service dog. Mama Alli is still in service training with Amanda.
Fall in the Ozarks
It's been nearly a month since I posted. Sorry for the delay but we have been moving and trying to get the house in order. We also paused life for our daughter Sami's wedding, which was BEAUTIFUL!
We have added new owner training teams to the Doghouse Roster and have three more soldiers waiting for trained dogs. We are getting new calls daily. We are about to the point of needing some administrative help which may work it's way into a good job for Amanda. She is already a great help on the computer. We have a new dog in training. Joe is a 7 month old Irish Setter / Golden Retriever mix. I did not realize until after getting him home that he is canine food aggressive. He was fed by hand the first two weeks and is finally getting to where he will eat in the presence of other dogs without going crazy wild. Other than that one issue he is a perfect candidate. He already knows sit, down, shake, brace and walks well on a leash. He is a real sweet boy that loves to snuggle. He also likes to lay his head on your arm or lap which can be transfered to a service task for anxiety easily. He is almost ready to go to an Owner Trainer home very soon!
Chuck will be coming home on leave in November to try and get a real roof on the house and get it house wrapped for winter. The chill is setting in here and this place is not sealed up well at all. We are also going to put in a wood stove when he is here to help keep it warm in here. The space heaters are not doing the job and it's not even really COLD yet. We also hope to get our household good out of storage from the army in a few weeks so we will have sweaters and coats...
We have added new owner training teams to the Doghouse Roster and have three more soldiers waiting for trained dogs. We are getting new calls daily. We are about to the point of needing some administrative help which may work it's way into a good job for Amanda. She is already a great help on the computer. We have a new dog in training. Joe is a 7 month old Irish Setter / Golden Retriever mix. I did not realize until after getting him home that he is canine food aggressive. He was fed by hand the first two weeks and is finally getting to where he will eat in the presence of other dogs without going crazy wild. Other than that one issue he is a perfect candidate. He already knows sit, down, shake, brace and walks well on a leash. He is a real sweet boy that loves to snuggle. He also likes to lay his head on your arm or lap which can be transfered to a service task for anxiety easily. He is almost ready to go to an Owner Trainer home very soon!
Chuck will be coming home on leave in November to try and get a real roof on the house and get it house wrapped for winter. The chill is setting in here and this place is not sealed up well at all. We are also going to put in a wood stove when he is here to help keep it warm in here. The space heaters are not doing the job and it's not even really COLD yet. We also hope to get our household good out of storage from the army in a few weeks so we will have sweaters and coats...
CGC Success!
On Sept. 14th Hugh McDonald of Love My Canine in Woodland Park, Co tested five service teams and ALL 5 teams passed!
We really appreciate Hugh and Angela and look forward to a long lasting personal and business relationship with them! If anyone needs an excelent quality working line GSD or any type of dog training services please look up Love my Canine!
http://sites.google.com/site/lovemycanine/contact-us
We really appreciate Hugh and Angela and look forward to a long lasting personal and business relationship with them! If anyone needs an excelent quality working line GSD or any type of dog training services please look up Love my Canine!
http://sites.google.com/site/lovemycanine/contact-us
Blessings are still flowing!
We have been very busy here in Colorado making the most of our last month in this area. We went to the state fair and supported Aiimee and Chip where they won reserve grand champion in rally and took 10th place in off leash obedience. On Sunday afternoon Aimee and Chip also passed their public access test. THey are doing GREAT! Aimee will also be using our owner training program curriculum as part of her high school individualized learning plan.
Scott has found his canine partner Chloe. She is a beautiful black lab and has bonded to him almost instantly. She is doing very well in public and on her task training. Just having her with him during training has already improved his quality of life as noted by our case manager at TBI Freedom. I can't explain the joy we get by knowing that we have helped to make the life of someone like Scott a little better.God has also blessed us with Hugh and Angela McDonald of "Love My Canine" in Woodland Park, CO! We met them a year ago when Hugh did Zeus's CGC test. We called to set up a time to test Puma and asked about Scott and Chelsea observe or test if they were ready. The next day Hugh offered to test all of our wounded warrior and disabled veteran teams here in Colorado for just a tax receipt and no $ out of pocket to the soldier. They also offered to allow us to post ads to invite some others to test at the same time and they will donate all of the money to Daffron Doghouse to help provide service dogs to Wounded Warriors. This is VER generous and we appreciate their support!!!
Big thank you's to everyone that is keeping us in your prayers! You are all keeping God busy as His blessings are continuing to flow!
WOW! What else can we say?
Since our last post God has been very busy! He has provided TWO external hard drives for our program. One 150G and the other is a terabyte drive! AMAZING! They came form the most unimaginable anonymous source. Well, God promised "beyond all that we could ask or imagine" and we take Him at His WORD!
So are you still not convinced this is GOD? Chuck got a call from DHS last Wed on the way home from the Hospital after an outpatient procedure on his neck, saying he had overpaid his child support and they were refunding nearly $5000 dollars from the tax refund they withheld this year. Now there is no question that this is GOD at work! The government doesn't give back money that easily and without us even knowing to request it... They just called out of the blue and offered a refund... LOL! Chuck was so touched that he actually remembered the call through the medications. He wondered who I was eating at Denny's with when he saw the receipt especially two meals and no kids meals... LOL because we were sitting in Denny's when he got the call!
We had a wonderful weekend in Breckenridge, CO at a military marriage retreat and chaplain Ike was great. We really did laugh our way to a better marriage! They gave us a date night with free child care too and it was a welcome blessing. On the way home we stopped in Denver to meet a beautiful german Shepherd "Sedona" with Front Range GSD Rescue. Chuck really had a bond with her but she was not the right match for our newest handler. We will continue assisting him in finding the perfect dog to train for service. Chuck is watching Sedona closely and hopes to train her himself to be placed with a female handler if she is still available when we leave CO.
We can't wait to see what God has in store for us this week!
So are you still not convinced this is GOD? Chuck got a call from DHS last Wed on the way home from the Hospital after an outpatient procedure on his neck, saying he had overpaid his child support and they were refunding nearly $5000 dollars from the tax refund they withheld this year. Now there is no question that this is GOD at work! The government doesn't give back money that easily and without us even knowing to request it... They just called out of the blue and offered a refund... LOL! Chuck was so touched that he actually remembered the call through the medications. He wondered who I was eating at Denny's with when he saw the receipt especially two meals and no kids meals... LOL because we were sitting in Denny's when he got the call!
We had a wonderful weekend in Breckenridge, CO at a military marriage retreat and chaplain Ike was great. We really did laugh our way to a better marriage! They gave us a date night with free child care too and it was a welcome blessing. On the way home we stopped in Denver to meet a beautiful german Shepherd "Sedona" with Front Range GSD Rescue. Chuck really had a bond with her but she was not the right match for our newest handler. We will continue assisting him in finding the perfect dog to train for service. Chuck is watching Sedona closely and hopes to train her himself to be placed with a female handler if she is still available when we leave CO.
We can't wait to see what God has in store for us this week!