Our new service dog teams have officially completed their first week of Team Training! The teams have gotten to know their dogs’ personalities, started working on service skills together, and went out in public for the first time together! Please leave some words of encouragement for our new teams in the comments below as they continue on with the rest of Team Training! Photos by Jim Coarse, Moonloop Photography (fb)

The importance of a good treat for our service dogs in-training is immeasurable – from introducing them to a harness, rewarding them for opening their first cabinet, or even teaching them to sit. CPL trains our dogs using reward-based positive reinforcement, and treats play a heavy hand in that. You can help support our service dogs in training by visiting our Amazon Wishlist and purchasing training treats for our dogs in their second year of training. If you are interested in supporting our service dogs in training, please visit: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1S335STRUZ20O/ref=cm_wl_sortbar_o_page_1?ie=UTF8&sort=rank Pictured: Churchill and Chaos by Jim Coarse, Moonloop Photography (fb)