New Qenna pics! ~tons!~

Sorry, just couldn't help myself, lol. She's now 9 weeks old and weighs 14 pounds. She's also gotten her service dog in training bandana from the Service Dog organization and gets to go places now. But most stores won't let me take pics there.

Anyway, here are the pics!

She loves her big brother, Achilles




Big sister, Rhea just ignores her mainly...

Hogging 2 toys to herself


I got you tail!

I want on the couch!


Her and her elephant (which is got for $5 at Kohls! Pretty cheap dog toy and they don't have any beans in them plus they're a pretty good size!)

Oh, the flash is bright!




Last one...

She is beautiful!

How do you train a seizure alert/response dog? I thought it was a trait that dogs either posses or they don't?

She is adorable!

The alert is inherited, some dogs do it, others won't. I got pretty lucky with Rhea, she just started doing it one day. I'm hoping maybe Qenna will pick it up, but if not that's ok. The response part is actually pretty easy to train for. Later on she'll be trained to lay on top of me during a seizure and to lick my face if I don't wake up right away. Also I have a life alert phone that she'll be trained to activate if I tell her too or if she can't get me to wake up. Right now she's just getting socialized and used to going different places with me.

A few articles on seizure response dogs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_response_dog
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsyusa/seizuredogs.cfm
http://www.efmn.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={9E2F686E-F7F5-4D6F-B132-588A920D687E}

Rhea's also trained for other tasks cause my seizures and medication cause other side effects like an extremely slow thinking process and mobility issues. She picks up things that I drop, lets me know if I forget to turn off the stove (which happens alot!), keeps me from falling over and many other things. She knows over 150 commands. The main thing though is that she is always there for me. Qenna will eventually be trained to do the same things, it'll just take some time

she's so adorable... cool pictures also.