Paws-In-Service

Ryder was born October 1st, 2010 at Vom Springer Kennels in Ogallala, Nebraska. He spent his first eight weeks there before being transported to Aberdeen, South Dakota where he would spend the next eight weeks with foster trainer Bev Schwartz from All-Purpose Canines.

At the end of January (2011) he was transported by Pilots-N-Paws pilot Denis Miller from Aberdeen, South Dakota to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where he would spend the night with Denis and his wonderful fiancée Deborah. The following day he was flown from Sioux Falls down to Omaha, Nebraska where he would spend the night with Pilots-N-Paws pilot Alan Lindsay and his lovely wife Kathy. That night they set him up comfortably in the spare bedroom but rumor has it the next morning when Alan got up he found Ryder sound asleep and snuggled up in bed with Kathy.

The next day Pilots-N-Paws pilot Dave Morris flew from Texas to Omaha to pick up Ryder. Dave wanted to get Ryder home to Texas as soon as possible so he turned around and flew him back the very same day. He told us to meet him at the Roanoke airport at 6:00 PM. We got there right on time and were waiting where he told us to meet him when we saw the plane making its approach to land. We were so excited and couldn't wait to see Ryder. That's when it happened, as Dave touched down one of his tires blew out! When you're in a small plane and only have three tires this is a very perilous situation. Luckily Dave is an experienced pilot and was able to keep everything under control and bring the plane to a safe stop.

We brought Ryder home that night, his adventure as a service dog in training and ultimately my service dog had begun.

PICTURES OF RYDER

– Ryder & littermates at 3 weeks –

– Close-up of Ryder at 3 weeks –

– Ryder at 4 weeks –

– Ryder at 5 weeks –

– Ryder at 6 weeks –

– Ryder family portrait (at 8 weeks) –

– Ryder at 12 weeks –

– Ryder at 16 weeks –

– Ryder with Pilots-N-Paws pilot Denis Miller from Sioux Falls –

– Ryder with Pilots-N-Paws pilot Alan and Kathy Lindsay from Omaha –

– Ryder with Pilots-N-Paws pilot Dave Morris from Texas –

– Ryder on the way home from airport –

– Ryder's first vet visit in Texas (18 weeks old) –

– Ryder's first day in the office (19 weeks old) –

– Ryder's first day training in the park (20 weeks old) –

– Ryder's first time in a restaurant (22 weeks old) –

– Ryder ready for more training in the park (6 months old) –

– Public access training at Petsmart & Costco (6 & 7 months old) –

– Public access training at the Fort Worth zoo (7 months old) –

– Ryder training at home (8 months old) –

– Ryder finally get some playtime (8 months old) –

At nine months of age Ryder was removed from service dog training. On several occasions he had shown to be overly protective and aggression of any sort is not acceptable from a service dog. Ryder will be going back to live with his foster trainer Bev in South Dakota with his brother Max and Baxter's sister Bonnie.