Introducing: COSMO

Our next pup up as we continue introducing our pack is COSMO.  He's a cool dog that walks with a swagger and flirts with all the ladies.  I know y'all will love him.

Agape Golden's Cosmic Pluto

Picture taken the day Isaac met Cosmo.

Cosmo is our big brother. He just turned two at the end of March. He belongs to Isaac (our human's third born child). Cosmo was a gift to Isaac on his seventh birthday. Those two were made for each other and you hardly see one playing without the other. Momma says, "Every boy should have a dog - especially when that dog loves their boy like Cosmo loves his." I don't know about all that, but they do seem like a match made in Heaven.

When Cosmo came to live with our family, he was almost six months old.  He'd never been on a leash before and had no motivation to learn to walk on one.  He did not like playing fetch or with toys.  He seemed sad most of the time.  An award winning, dog trainer friend told mom that Cosmo had NO DRIVE and wasn't trainable.  He'd be fine for a pet, but not to expect much from him.  Mom loves a challenge and took his words as one.  Determined for Cosmo to be more than a pet, she made the commitment to spend every spare minute training with him.  He now prances instead of walks on a leash - prettier than any show dog you ever did see - and has better manners than any other dog in our family (except for Scarlet, of course).  Isaac hopes to have Cosmo tested for CGC and TDI in July. 

Isaac calls Cosmo his best friend and plans to start agility classes with Cosmo this fall.

AROOOOF!

Boondocks and Kudzu

Bringing In 2010

2010 has started off with a bang for Agape Pet Therapy. We have been busy working with Jasmine and Pillow. Pillow is a Golden Retriever puppy we are working to train for her owner. (She is also the sister of our very own, Rose Bud.) We hope to have her CGC tested before long and reunited with her family. Here's a picture of Connor working with Pillow.

Jasmine is coming right along with her service dog training. She has calmed down a lot since coming to us from Brookhaven Animal Rescue League. We were able to take Jasmine a couple of weeks ago to meet with the young lady that she is being trained for. They hit it off famously and are hopefully going to work out really well for one another. This is a picture of Jasmine in an outfit that her future owner bought for her. Isn't she precious!

Last week APT participated in National Dress Your Pet Day. Yes, there really is a day set aside for such a thing. We decked the dogs out and headed to the nursing home with them. The residents loved the pups with their clothes on. We'll have to do this again soon!

Did you know that January is National Walk Your Pet Month? I didn't, but I do plan to make the most of this knowledge with what we have left of January. Walking your dog is the key to a healthy, balanced pet. Just about all behavioral issues in any dog can be solved by giving the animal an appropriate amount of exercise.

We continue to be excited as God opens doors for our ministry. Keep us in your prayers!

Service Dog in Training

Agape Pet Therapy has teamed with Brookhaven Animal Rescue League in the training of a service dog for a young, disabled woman. We met this past week to select a potential dog from the shelter. While APT has trained dogs in the past, we have not been involved in the training of a service dog prior to this. We are very excited to work with Paris and Clover.

We hope to train Clover not only to be a friend and companion, but also to retrieve items for Paris that are dropped or needed. We'll update as training progresses!

Please keep APT lifted up in prayer as we follow where God leads.