The Whole Pet

Board & Train adventures with Nala!

Nala made another BFF while she was here...

Having a Rottie in the house always makes me want one. Ella & Nala do make a great pair!

I had a request for more Ipsi! Here she is all around SF practicing her service dog skills.

We got the honor of being featured in someone's Community Appreciation poster today. "Thank you for taking Gus." THANK YOU, Grace, for sharing Gussy with us!

Graduation test for Ipsi is the water reservoir - kids on bikes above and skaters doing tricks below. She rocked it!

On the really bad air days, Ipsi got to practice some real world indoor challenges. Like kids with food. And cats who mock you when you are trying to hold your place.

Ipsi has all the right stuff to be a great service dog, but she had her puppy socialization impacted by Covid. New things can make her nervous and it has taken some time and repetition for her to get brave about all the big sights and sounds of the city. Horses, however, did not concern her one bit!

She also stopped to pay her respects to RBG.

Finding public places for Ipsi to practice her service dog skills is extra challenging these days... but you do get more bang for your buck in the Halloween aisle.

"Ella, go exercise the dogs!"

3 Musketeers: Ipsi, Ella & Millie. These 3 girls had way too much fun together last weekend!

Millie. The only dog I know who can promptly remove the bars of the car divider, hop herself into the backseat, and roll the back window down with her paw. Roll it up on her and she will roll it down again, every time. I finally put the child lock on, so she decided to ride shotgun. I'm keeping a close watch on my car keys. This one is trouble!

More Ipsi, and my trusty training assistants.

Ipsi is a training superstar who is learning to be a service dog for her mom. These pics are from her last board & train stay. She is back with us now for the next level of her training, and she is having a blast!

anybody know this dog? Found at 46th and Noriega. He’s been checked for a microchip.

The whole crew is happy to welcome Olly to the pack!

Oreo goes home tomorrow from her board & train. She did great & Ella is sure going to miss her!