Raj's Page

Raj's Puppy Raiser is Kerinne in PA.  Kerinne is a teenager and this is her 3rd CCI pup - what an accomplishment. 

Kerinne was the puppy raiser for Crystal, Gayle's pup who I birthed.  Read about Kerinne and Crystal under the  "C" Litter or click here to go direct to Crystal's page. 

Raj has been attending High School (Germantown Academy) with Kerinne this year '00/'01 where she's a Senior.   (Crystal went for her sophomore year and Cagney came last year when she was a Junior).  Next May '01 Raj will go with Kerinne to CCI SW in CA for her "Senior Project" where she will observe Team Training and work with the CCI Trainers.  In June 2001 she will Graduate from High School and Raj will be with her....then they will help each other get ready for their next educational step, Kerinne to college and Raj to Advanced Training.  Whew!  What a year coming up!

Donna  lives in Arlington, VA and works at the National Institute of
Health in Washington D.C.  Cagney and Donna will take the Metro (train) to
work everyday.  Donna & Cagney already have a very strong bond.  CONGRATULATIONS DONNA, CAGNEY & KERINNE!

Here's a picture of Kerinne's  3 CCI Dogs she raised/is raising.  L to R: Chrystal (Skilled Companion Grad. 2/19/00), Cagney (Service Dog Grad. 2/17/01) and Raj (ADIT, 8.5 months - Nov '01 TI).  All are goldens, this picture was taken 2-17-01 at Sea World 
on Cagney's Grad day.

Raj got to walk across the stage with Kerinne at graduation.

Raj has a diary and here is one of his entries:

Well, I had a good sleep last night after my big day!  Yesterday, I went to
high school with Kerinne as usual and slept through all the classes.  There
are only 9 days of school left for Kerinne and I and then we're off to CCI in
Santa Rosa, CA for the month of May!

Kerinne & I left school and walked to the nearby train station and took the
train into Philadelphia to the PA Convention Center downtown.  I am SO good
about taking the train and when the train comes to a screeching halt at the
station, I'm unaffected, all in a day's work.  We boarded the train and I
went into an "under" the seat.  (Kerinne's friend from school came too.)  We
got off the train at Market East downtown and walked through the Gallery Mall
and then went to the Convention Center, I got to see the Hard Rock Cafe where
we ate last time we were down here.  

Kerinne & I went to see the live taping of the TV Show Jeopardy, which was in
town taping their Teen Tournament.  We went into the studio and sat about 10
rows back from the stage and I slept through the whole 2 shows.  I did get to
see Alex Trebek and the announcer of Jeopardy.  Where Kerinne and I were
sitting, we were on the far right (when you look towards the stage) and all
the contestants walked right by me when they would go to and from their
dressing rooms.  The lady that does their make-up just fell in love with me,
as did the producers and directors of the show!  There were a couple
categories about dogs on the show ... pretty neat!  All in all it was SO much
fun!  These shows that they taped in Philadelphia will air the week of May
7th ... the 2 shows that I was there for will air Thursday, May 10 and
Friday, May 11.  It was neat because the 2 shows I went to were the "finals"
and I saw the contestant who won the $50,000 and a new car! (you'll have to
watch to find out who it is). And I also met the other 12 contestants on the
show that were in the tournament but didn't make it to the finals and the 3
that were in the finals.

After the show, we walked back to the train station, got on the train and
headed back towards school. We walked back to our school to pick up Kerinne's
backpack and then went right to agility class.  Boy, I'm a ball of energy
when I'm at agility, I just love it and I am so good at it too!  Kerinne
finds that agility is really helping me focus both in and outside of agility,
especially in my CCI training.  I am having so much fun!  I got home last
night and played with Daisy (the golden keeper) and then went to bed early!

This Thursday through Saturday, I'll be back at the PA Convention Center
(again) at the CCI booth at the AOTA Convention, it's supposed to be huge!
And then the following week, I'm going with Kerinne to pick up CCI pup #4 -
Mr. "O" ... can't wait!

Wags,
Raj - ADIT

Raj smiles for his trainers and everyone else there, he gets that from his Mom you know, so they are training it as a command.

April'02 Raj continues to do well in advanced training and they have decided to work toward  a skilled companion track for him since he is so sweet and interactive.

May'02 Our little, loves to eat ice, pup got raving reviews right up to 4 days before graduation.  During Team Training it was decided that Raj was to stressed and the decision was made to change his career. 

 Raj was the first pup that Kerinne had rasied/trained that didn't graduate and it was SO CLOSE!!  That's OK Raj.... Kerinne has many plans for you and they all sound like so much fun.... we're glad that we'll still be getting updates from you.

(left) Oleary 3.5 mo & Ope 13.5 mo 4'02
and (right) Pala 3.5 mo 8'02
 Kerinne has her 6th Pup in Training Pala, a potential female breeder.

Chrystal, Cagney, Raj, Ope,  OLeary and Pala. 
Pretty good for a 19 year old.

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