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Default Sep 04, 2022 at 10:31 PM
 
My parents have her for the basics until she's about 7-8 months old. Basically until we get settled with the move. She's learning sit, down, stay, playing in the rain, potty and basic desensitization right now. She's camping, playing with her siblings and getting new situations. Then I'll take her in January (8 months old) and take 2+ years to train her.

She can't start pubic access training until she's 9 months (February) and has passed 12 weeks of training (or tests in). So earliest she'll be able to train in public end of March. I'm trying to convince h to take her to the "brew with your bud class." So she'll have a public access class with me and one with him.

She'll learn get h and lead to exit/car first but she'll start that as soon as we get her. It's a 3 month course.

She'll need to be 2 years old and have xrays and medically cleared that's when I can train the mobility parts. Pulling things, supporting my weight things like that where she'll need her hips checked. Won't be able to learn:

Blocking
Sit/stay for stability in/ out of the shower
Lead to exit/car
Laundry (Put in open washer)
Pull trash ( in like a wagon)
Carry Groceries
Counter balance

Until she clears her health check. So she has a long road ahead of her. My parents are so valuable in this first phase. Because without them I'd have to wait about a year to even start this process. I'm going to be going to the classes with her by myself. While doing that my husband will be taking dog trainer classes.

We're hoping to tackle this from several sides. It's going to cost about 2k in training the first 8 months we have her and then she may not pass the health check at 2 years old. So it's a big gamble I have lots of hopes for her.

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