Kaleb Van Adelrik:
Certified Assistance Dog
Johnathan en Kaleb: Partners for live.
In
the picture on the left you see Kaleb with a pulling harness. He has got 2,
one for when he pulls me in the wheelchair and one for when I walk. I
think Kaleb is the coolest dog their is. We started to do some basic trial
training of him pulling the wheelchair. The actual work part is not hard for
him, he thinks it is fun and we can really move when we get going. He learned
to pull me in the wheelchair. I accidentaly ran over his paw 2 times, he didn't
yelp, snap at me, or seem upset. He just let it slide by. I think that is a
great testimony about his temperment. That is huge to me since I am a big guy.
I weigh 225 pounds. Our sizes match up well and he is not too big for me to
handle. I love his size and I think he is an awesome dog. I am really honored
to have a dog you bred and he has such a noble purpose in life.
He is a very happy dog and has quite a sense of humor. His "fun" is continually
waking me from my nap. He does this by bumping his nose into the back of my head
until I wake up. I of course could not be mad and just laughed at his antics.
Kaleb is a dog who is not
only going into assistance work, he is also a model.
I
made friends with a woman named Kathy Moacanin, she owns Top Dog Designs,
a German Shepherd Dog apparel company. She is going to make a t-shirt depicting
an assistance dog and the disabled partner. This is all a result of me telling
her about Kaleb and I. Well Kaleb and I got enlisted to be her models, I
just sent a bunch of photos. Her artist is going to use us for his sketch
and this may take some time.
