Milano - CCI Service Dog

Milano graduated on Friday as a service dog!!! It was wonderful seeing her again and meeting her graduate. She is going to have an absolutely wonderful life :) Pictures have been posted at my website

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MILANO - CCI Service Dog!!

It's official, MILANO is graduating as a CCI service dog!!! I am SO proud of her and cannot wait to meet her new partner. Thank you to everyone who has been on this journey since Milano was born! I will update everyone after graduation.

The call!!

Just got off the phone with our puppy program manager! Milano has made a pre-match as a service dog!!! :) YAY!!! I'm so proud of her :) Final matches will be announced next week, probably Tuesday or Wednesday with graduation on Friday.

Waiting....

This waiting game...Milano started Team Training this week and today is the day CCI calls for pre-matches! I've been thinking about her all day...hope to hear from CCI very soon :)

Milano & Macy update

Today I received a great surprise!! Our puppy program manager sent a picture of Milano's class! She looks like she is having fun :) Milano is next to the black lab.  (I'm not sure who the other pups are in the picture)

Macy also has news to share, looks like she is doing great things as a Facility Dog in Texas. Here's a video of her, we are so proud!

Update from Team Training

Milano did not match last week at Team Training. We knew this would be a possibility since there were more dogs than people in class and there were a lot of dogs held over from the previous graduation that had priority. Milano is being held over for the next graduation, so I will keep the blog posted!

In other news, sister Macy III is graduating this Friday at SW! Congratulations to everyone involved!! :)

Milano update

I received Milano's monthly report and I am happy to report that she is doing very well!! She has gone on field trips and is working hard on learning her advanced commands. Hopefully she will continue to do well and graduate in February!

Milano goes to college

Milano went off to college at CCI's NW campus in Santa Rosa on August 13th. She was such a great puppy to raise. She had a very fun personality, but at the same time she could work hard.

I will keep everyone updated on her progress! Her first report should come the first week in October. At turn in we found out that her trainer is Jaime and her kennel mate is Tulip.

California State Fair

Today CCI had a booth at the State Fair. Milano and Shawn hung out and did what they do best, sleep and let people pet them! :) It was a great day informing the public about CCI dogs and the great things that they can do. Shawn showed some of her advanced commands, a crowd favorite was when she picked up my keys for me. It was really nice for Shawn to get to go out to this event, I know she liked getting out of the house! Milano was awesome, I think she's going to do very well in advanced training :)

Milano update

Here's Milano! Amy sent updated pictures and Milano looks great!! I miss having her, but school has been so busy (I'm in my last class before I officially graduate with degrees in Deaf Studies and Criminal Justice).

Milano - 16 months video

Milano is doing well in her training and still having fun and enjoying life everyday! She is such a happy puppy :) Milano will go back to CCI for advanced training in August. Two of her siblings, Mica and Maura already went back to CCI in the NCR. Best wishes for them!!

Milano's fun filled weekend!!

Milano has had a great weekend!! Check out these fun pictures her other
puppy raiser sent to me. Looks like she had a blast!!

Fun in the sun!

Milano and Shawn are at Lisa's Sigma Kappa kickball tournament. It's
such a nice day here in Sacramento!

Makia II

I recieved an email from Makia's puppy raiser. Sounds like she is doing well :) Here are some pictures of her:

Milano's busy weekend...Cal-Ed, mall and GRC Crab Feed

Milano had a very busy weekend with me! It started on Friday when we went to the Sheraton downtown to help set up for Cal-Ed, a conference for teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in California. Milano was awesome, hanging out as I helped set up rooms and tables. She was happy to walk with me around the hotel, hang out under and table or anything else that I asked her to do. She was perfect during a workshop that I sat in and overall was very comfortable with the conference and people around the hotel. After Cal-Ed I went to the Roseville Galleria to see a friend after he shaved his head for donations for cancer research, for more information check out his site! The mall was very busy and Milano was a little stressed by the amount of people, but it was a stressful environment and she handled it well. After the mall we went to the GRC's Crab Feed to sell raffle tickets. Milano was great again :)

Back to school

Milano had a week at the office, now it's back to school for her. She
loved getting some attention before class started. Such a great puppy!!

Milano's home until August

Just received word today that Milano will be going to Advanced Training in August (there were some thoughts that it could be May). So we get an extra 3 months with her, she would have been ready for AT in May, but it's always nice to give them a little more time to mature. Looks like Milano made the cut by 1 litter letter.

Milano's turn in date is August 13, 2010

BOBBY

Over the weekend CCI's famous breeder Bobby passed away. Bobby was 14 years old and has many graduates and breeders. His legacy and great service dog tempermant will live on in his puppies! Bobby is related to oaver 3,300 CCI dogs!!

Milano is related to Bobby, here's how:

Milano (LAWRENCE II X CHANDRA)
Lawrence II (BAUMANN X KEENA)
Baumann (HANFORD II X QUINTARA II)
Quintara II (BOBBY X OKLAHOMA)

Milano's busy day

Milano had a busy day today. It started out with her going out
rollerblading with me (her 1st time since she just turned a year old).
Milano was so good, still maintained position and didn't pass my knee.
After rollerblading we went to the park and Milano worked on her
commands on the play structure. She did "up", "jump", "under", "stand",
etc all on different surfaces and from different angles. After the park
we went home for awhile before going to school. Milano got to sleep
during my ASL literature class then we had a break where she was able to
sleep more while I hung out with friends before my last class that
started at 5:30. Milano was great all day, no problems, her confidence
level has really grown.

Milano at 13 months

Milano is 13 months old today, it's hard to believe that she's already this old and that she'll be going back to CCI soon (May or August). She is such a sweet, fun and smart puppy! Everyone that meets her falls in love with her.